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"pammyT" fenlandfowl @talktalk.net writes:
| "Tumbleweed" wrote in message
| ...
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| Agreed, its just the unthinking (not targetting you here) use of the word
| natural to equate with safe Well *you* werte the one who thought
| 'natural' meant 'safe.
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| Natural means derived from nature and that is entirely the context in which
| I used it as the OP said she didn't want to use 'chemicals' by which *I*
| assumed she meant artificial manufactured poisons.

Everything is derived from nature, more or less indirectly. And
it is foolishness to distinguish the same substance based on its
origin, as far as this aspect is concerned. For example, sulphur
is a naturally occurring chemical, but most sulphur that you buy
has been made from sulphate-containing ores.

| Diatomaceous earth is natural and none toxic and safe as long as you don't
| breath it in.

If I recall, it is about as carcinogenic as white asbestos, but
there hasn't been a hysterical reaction against it yet. Even
blue asbestos is natural and non-toxic.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.