The reason that the chemical wormers are becoming ineffective is because they are poisons. Insects and parasites can quickly develop immunities to chemicals. In fact, the chemical companies get permission year after year to release untested insecticides and pesticides because in less than one growing season, the bugs are developing an immunity to the harsh chemicals!

Why should chemical wormers be any different? Sadly, as the parasites become immune, chemical companies keep making the doses more toxic. It doesn’t seem to have any greater affect on the parasites, but it sure makes a lot of animals sick.

The best way to treat insects and parasites is with a mechanical process – not a chemical one.

When the potato farmers in Idaho were losing their crop to Mormon Crickets a few years ago, and had already maxed out on their tolerance levels for their chemical insecticides, they called us -desperate for help. After a single aerial dusting with organic, food-grade diatomaceous earth – all the crickets died. The amazing thing is that you can dust crops with our insecticide and then eat the produce the same day without any toxic residue! Bugs can’t develop an immunity to the mechanically killing ability of the diatomaceous earth. Check any of the holistic “cleansing” products offered at health stores and on the internet for colon cleansing. Some have herbs, or tonics, but almost all of them are built onto a base of food-grade diatomaceous earth. It is so simple, but effective. Some don’t even list it on their labels, because they don’t have to – it won’t harm anyone.

Horses, donkeys, cows, goats, ostriches, chickens, people, you name it – have been taking DE with excellent results for over 30 years. Those who use it could care less if the EPA approves it or not for that purpose. The FDA has already approved it as food-grade and it has been certified as organic. Autopsies, and stool samples show that it is an effective way to keep animals free of parasites. In over 30 years, there has not been a single report of any animal or human being sick from it. There have been incredible claims by users and there have been new studies to show that it also helps control cholesterol, hardens eggs, improves hair, skin, nails, removes heavy metal from the blood stream, and a single treatment to stored grain will keep it bug free indefinitely. The other nice thing about DE is that by feeding it daily to your animals, it significantly reduces odors and flies. Is it any wonder that the chemical companies have tried every dirty trick in their book to see that we DON’T get approved as a safe, natural, worming product? If we did, what would happen to their sales of fly sprays, wormers, flea and tick collars/lotions/wash? What would happen in the medical industry? All the peripheral ailments that spring up from parasites would not be present. That means less doctor and vet visits and less money spent on chemical prescriptions. No, I feel pretty confident that no doctor, chemical company, or scientist is going to come out and say – “throw away all your expensive, harmful, toxic, products and start using something that comes from the ground and costs almost nothing compared with the cost of all the products that it would make obsolete.”

Fran Tully/Perma-Guard Inc.

May 10, 2007

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