Re:The 'Unthinkable' New Reality About Bedbugs
by ThrowawayR2 on Saturday February 10, 2024 @01:50PM
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There are caveats to using diatomaceous earth. If inhaled, it'll do to your airways what it does to insects. You'd want to avoid disturbing it or placing any where airflow from heating ducts, fans, etc. might blow across it to prevent it from floating around in the air.
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Re:The 'Unthinkable' New Reality About Bedbugs
by jbaber on Saturday February 10, 2024 @04:22PM
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The reason to use fossilized diatoms instead of something synthesized is specifically so that you won't get silicosis from too much crystallized silica. But I agree, just sprinkling it liberally around your house as some kind of preventative measure sounds like way more exposure than I'd be comfortable with.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth#Safety_cons...