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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 602485" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Diatomaceous earth is great for bugs. It works on anything with an exoskeleton,includng roaches, by cutting them to pieces every time they move. If they get it anywhere on them, it will kill them. They don't have defenses or resistance because it is not working like a toxin in their bodies, it is working like barbed wire or glass shards ON their bodies. Other than irritating your lungs if you breathe in a cloud of the stuff, it is pretty harmless to people.</p><p></p><p>Not sure about alcohol spraying, have not heard of that one for bedbugs. But I know that neem oil works and is cheap. It doesn't have much of a smell if you dilute it and I have an incredibly sensitive sense of smell. INCREDIBLY sensitive. As in if my kids wash hands with a smelly hand soap in a restroom while we are out, it can make me gag an hour later in the car. Or if a cleaning spray is used it can take hours before I can enter the room with-o the smell making me sick, which is why we make most of our own cleaners with basic ingredients rather than buying them.</p><p></p><p>Neem may sound too good to be true, but honestly? I have yet to find a bug it won't kill. The entomologist that I know says he hasn't found one that is native to North America that isn't killed by neem. He hasn't really looked at bugs outside North America, but it is widely used in India also. It is actually beneficial to your skin and hair and you can cook with it, but it still will kill the insects. It is approved for organic crops and that is a tough certification to get. If you want a link to the seller I use on ebay, let me know. I have bought many oils/butters from thsi seller and it is always of good quality, fresh, and what it claims to be. Plus it is far cheaper even with shipping than you would buy it for at a retail store. I cannot use many commercial products on my skin because my body just freaks if I do, so I started looking online for natural products and I have used other sellers but the one I have now has the best quality that I have tried so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 602485, member: 1233"] Diatomaceous earth is great for bugs. It works on anything with an exoskeleton,includng roaches, by cutting them to pieces every time they move. If they get it anywhere on them, it will kill them. They don't have defenses or resistance because it is not working like a toxin in their bodies, it is working like barbed wire or glass shards ON their bodies. Other than irritating your lungs if you breathe in a cloud of the stuff, it is pretty harmless to people. Not sure about alcohol spraying, have not heard of that one for bedbugs. But I know that neem oil works and is cheap. It doesn't have much of a smell if you dilute it and I have an incredibly sensitive sense of smell. INCREDIBLY sensitive. As in if my kids wash hands with a smelly hand soap in a restroom while we are out, it can make me gag an hour later in the car. Or if a cleaning spray is used it can take hours before I can enter the room with-o the smell making me sick, which is why we make most of our own cleaners with basic ingredients rather than buying them. Neem may sound too good to be true, but honestly? I have yet to find a bug it won't kill. The entomologist that I know says he hasn't found one that is native to North America that isn't killed by neem. He hasn't really looked at bugs outside North America, but it is widely used in India also. It is actually beneficial to your skin and hair and you can cook with it, but it still will kill the insects. It is approved for organic crops and that is a tough certification to get. If you want a link to the seller I use on ebay, let me know. I have bought many oils/butters from thsi seller and it is always of good quality, fresh, and what it claims to be. Plus it is far cheaper even with shipping than you would buy it for at a retail store. I cannot use many commercial products on my skin because my body just freaks if I do, so I started looking online for natural products and I have used other sellers but the one I have now has the best quality that I have tried so far. [/QUOTE]
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