This is Nature's Wisdom Brand, packaged from the manufacturer Perma-Guard, Diatomaceous Earth, Fossil Shell Flour, and contains less than 1/2% crystalline silica. DE can be used to control cockroaches, bed bugs, slugs, aphids, earwigs, silverfish, ants, adult flea beetles, lice, mites, and many other insects. Sprinkle it in the garden, on the grass, and around the foundation of your house. Use inside on pantry shelves, under sinks, closets, on rugs, and in corners and crevices. We ONLY carry the Diatomaceous Earth that is made for pest control. Insects cannot become immune to it, because it's a mechanical insect killer, not a chemical. Insects come in contact with this powder and die of dehydration within 48 hours. Safe for use in kitchens, on carpets and in the area where your pet sleeps. DE has been used in Asia to control insects for 400 years. Perma-Guard Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is EPA approved and registered for use against indoor and outdoor crawling insects, including cockroaches, ants, bedbugs, fleas, carpet beetles, centipedes, crickets, earwigs, grasshoppers, ticks, scorpions, slugs, and silverfish. For use in cracks, crevices, under and behind appliances, and wall and floor surfaces. DE is odorless and nontoxic. Indoor and Outdoor Application: Sprinkle a light layer of DE in areas where pests frequent, including under stoves, cabinets, sinks, garbage cans, window and door frames, sills, entrance ways, sewer pipes and drains, and in cracks and crevices. Repeat as needed. For Bedbugs: Take apart bed and dust joints and channels. Dust any hollow tubing and the interior framework as well as the mattress and all cracks in the room. For Fleas: Thoroughly dust carpets and pet's bedding and sleeping areas, as well as cracks and baseboards. It also can be rubbed into your pet's fur. For Flies: Thoroughly dust areas where flies frequent (walls, straw bedding, livestock pens). It also can be applied to livestock coat as an insect repellent/contact insecticide.
