Thanks Ray. And yes, I was.
Murri
"Ray" wrote in message
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I believe she was referring to the powdered diatomaceous earth, not
diatomite.

However, as diatomite is also essentially pure silica, and when dry is
quite dusty, especially after shipping, breathing the dust from that can
be damaging as well.

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"jadel" wrote in message
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Lady Blacksword wrote:
And anyone who has had a fish tank whose filter used diatomaceous
earth
probably knows that breathing in even tiny amounts of the stuff will
shred
your lungs like ground up glass.
Murri


And anyone familiar with diatomite knows the likelihood of breathing in
rocks is just about zero.

Diatomite is rinsed before use.


J. Del Col