How is diatomaceous earth a “pet friendly” solution to pest control, yet it’s recommended not to breathe it in?

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If I applied it to my home my pets would definitely smell it at least once and inhale it. So how exactly is it pet-safe?

Trying to find the best solution to get rid of some cockroaches I found in my bathroom without endangering my 3 cats.

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DE is pet safe.

It contains silica, which isn’t super healthy to breathe in long term and can be irritating to breath in short term. But to cause permanent damage to your pets they would have to breathe in a lot of it and over a long period of time. Still, try to keep your pets out of the areas where you’re spreading it out since it can irritate airways.

It’s pet safe because the means of action. It damages the exoskeleton of creatures that have that (so that they start to leak body fluids), and your pets don’t have an exoskeleton.

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