Diatomaceous Earth 1 Lb Food Grade DE - Includes Free Scoop

I've used DE for years as a natural pest deterrent. I currently use it both externally and in my dogs' food to prevent fleas. We no longer have to use the expensive flea & tick medicine. Just a very fine dusting of DE to the dogs after they're bathed and a small amount to their food every day and we have absolutely no fleas! If there is ever an active flea infestation, you can apply externally every other day.You can also get rid of ants (and I'm told cockroaches) easily with this naturally occurring substance. Just sprinkle whenever the ants are and you will see them quickly disappear. Usually, there is no need to reapply. I find this has worked much better than Borax as an ant repellent.DE is an amazing product and I found this brand to be comparable to any of the pricier brands I have bought in the past. Great value!

This review is for people looking to buy this for flea control. I went ahead and gave it five stars since I'm sure it works fine as a supplement. As a flea control, I'd give it more like two stars.The only reason I'm reviewing is because I've been experimenting with it since late spring and wanted to share my findings. From what I've read, the way it works is that it abrades the exoskeletons of the fleas and then draws out moisture from the fleas' bodies. Basically, they die of thirst.First thing I did was a direct application. I took small handfuls and spread them through my cats' fur. I rubbed it in and watched them over the next few days. I reapplied and watched again for a few days. I didn't notice any change in my cats constant scratching and I still found a lot of fleas on them.I was going to be away from home for a few days, so next I put some in an old sock and patted it around the house to dust everything. Everything. When I returned, I didn't notice any difference in the number of fleas.From what I've read, it's not as effective after so long. It soaks up humidity. So I cleaned everything and dusted the house again, but this time I placed fans throughout the house. I reasoned that if the air was moving, it would dry the fleas out more effectively. I was gone for a few days again, and when I returned, I still didn't notice any change.I tried applying it to the cats again, but this time I would rub them down several times a day, reasoning that it would help with the abrasion of the fleas' exoskeleton and also force them to move through the granules within the cats' fur.Still no noticeable change.Finally the weather became warm enough that I started running the air conditioner in my house. Air conditioners will suck the humidity out of the air, so I was very curious to see how that affected the results. At this point, I decided to put it all together to see if I could make it work. I dusted the house, dusted the cats, and put the fans out again.After several days, I still didn't notice any change.Eventually I did just what I was hoping to avoid and bought the cats the expensive Seresto flea collars. In less than a week, the fleas were all but gone.Though it's not a true scientific experiment without a control subject, I've come to the following conclusion. Without stopping the fleas from getting their water from your pets, diatomaceous earth is ineffective. I do think that once you stop that, it can help eliminate them if you use it correctly and stick with it, but really, it's hard to tell if it wasn't all due to the collars. .From my experience, I would say it will definitely not work as a stand-alone flea control method. I really wanted it to work because there are horror stories about those collars. Everything is fine, though.

I placed it on the ground but I do not know if it worked as I also did other things because I was afraid of bed bugs since I was getting bitten at night. It turned out to be an allergy to the common carpet beatle larvae...go figure.

This particular item was great quality, the packaging exactly as shown and it was received a day before I expected. My friend was very happy with the product as I always am. I have purchased this product from this company 3-4 times now and am always very satisfied with it. I would recommend that if you are interested in this product, you really do your research because it rarely comes with much of anything but what you see in the picture and depending on how you intend to use it (be it for yourself in detoxification or to rid your home of ants or such) you need to understand the dosages and correctly use the product as it could be somewhat harmful if you don't know what to expect. Other than that, I recommend this product from this company 100%.

I have nothing but good things to say about this product. I had used every poison known to man for these horrible Roaches and they became immune to the poison. No matter how much the guy would come out or I would try all the products sold by Amazon and professional pest control companies there was nothing stopping these roaches. Until a friend of mine told me he used this product. I threw the entire 3lb bag at my house and I never saw another roach again... !!! I have been roach free for 6 months and now I saw new babies coming out.. so I ordered the new bag of 1 lbs and put it around where they hide.. so far so good have not seen them again.. Also you can mix the product with Sugar and that will bring them out to come eat it faster and take it back to where they are hiding which speed up the process of killing all of them. I highly recommend this product and now I will be actually taking some myself as I have read it detoxifies your body and reduces cravings. I will keep you all posted on my results.

D.E. works on so many levels. 9 out of 10. My pets drink d.e. water, and on their fur. I use it to cleanse my body from parasitics . 2 t.s.'s twice a week in juice or water. Huge positive results! Thanks so much!

D.E. is a must have in your home. Use it for additional silica to your diet; great to rid you or pets of parasites in the GI tract and finally dust your shelves in your cupboards and you won't have to worry about pesky ants. If it gets on your dishes or glassware just blow it off or rinse it it away with cool water.

I recently bought DE from my health food store and had great results from it, when I switched to this product: it did nothing that the other product did so I ended up going back to my health food store and asking where they source their product from.