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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>One should not poo-poo the science ... its used in many
types of filtration systems (human too!)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>US NIH - Virus Removal in
Water</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=228143722-07122010><A
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC183610/">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC183610/</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>NIH - Lowers blood cholesterol (more studies
needed)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=228143722-07122010><A
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9533930">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9533930</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>USDA (excerpt) toxicity increase 16 & 17 fold in
killing larval staged red flour beetles</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=228143722-07122010><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/usda-redbeetle">http://tinyurl.com/usda-redbeetle</A>
(will open in google docs)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>As example.. that last one ... it
didn't seem to do much to the adult beetles ... it just caused
the young beetles to be more vulnerable and thus have (upto) a 17 times greater
mortality with beauveria bassiana (a common fungus)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=228143722-07122010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>Another USDA</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010><A
href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=231508">http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=231508</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=228143722-07122010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>... Moreover, mortality increased with increasing
exposure time ...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>... Progeny production after 30 d was significantly
suppressed for all species in the treated grains...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=228143722-07122010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=228143722-07122010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>So.. there's lots of science stating they see results
... it HAS also been used to help control and eventually eradicate infestations
of fleas & ticks for the very same reasons outlined in the USDA links
(both) above.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=228143722-07122010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=228143722-07122010>-Robert</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=228143722-07122010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Subject:</B> [Dailydrool] Diatomaceous
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Diatomaceous earth is just a non-expansive
clay. I doubt <SPAN class=228143722-07122010><FONT
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