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While this is an amazing product for what it is intended for, it is NOT meant for PEOPLE TO EAT. On the manufacturer's website, it clearly points out that it's for anti-caking agent, such as livestock feed. I bought this bag a while ago, and after taking it for a few days, a clear thought came to me that I should actually do some deeper research for safety. I had heard about taking DE for health benefits and it was okay as long as it was food grade. Upon doing some research, I found out that food grade DE doesn't necessarily mean it's safe for human consumption, and that a lot of food grade DE has traces of lead and mercury inside of it. I checked again and now it's on their main about the product DE page that "Unfortunately for legal reasons we cannot recommend using it for anything other than what is printed on our label." If anyone really wants to go deep, please ask the manufacturer's for copies of their lab analysis for lead, arsenic, mercury, and flourine. FDA has made strict conditions that diatomaceous earth does not contain lead of not more than 15 parts per million (ppm), arsenic of not more than 20 ppm, and fluorine not more 600 ppm, so they should have at least these results handy to tell you how much lead is in their product. For food, the FDA recommends the max ppm for lead to be 0.1 ppm for candy, 50 ppb(parts per billion) for juice, 5-15 ppb for water, to give you a general idea. If there is over 1ppm in your diatomaceous earth, you are already waaay over the danger zone. So please check with your manufacturers if you are considering ingesting Diatomaceous Earth.