I-Diatomaceous Earth yisiprothukhile esihlukene sokuzintsha okwenzekile ngokuzenzakale, okwakwaziwa ngabagqirhi nabahlanzeli bokuzilima ngokuthi kunezinkinga eziningi zokusebenza. Kuyithathwa emizimini yamadidi asezingeni, leminerale ayikho kuphela isafelane kubhantwana kodwa iyaphakamisa ukuphepha nokuzimela kwazo. Uma isebenziselwa ekhaya lokuzilima, i-Diatomaceous Earth iphakamisa ukuvulwa nokuhlanza, kusinika amazinyo ukufinyelela amanzi namasiphephelo ngendlela efanelekile. Ukuthi kugcina amanzi kuyisibonelo esihle kakhulu kumazwe okunqula, kusinika ubumbano bakubhantwana ngaphandle kokuzilima ngokusha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Diatomaceous Earth isebenzisa njengobugxila obungabona ngamabhali, kusinika indlela engenasiyo yokuphatha izilwanyana. Ngokwenza ubugxila obungabona, ibhantwana kusinika ubugxila obungabona kubhantwana bezilima ebalulekile, kodwa isafelane kubantu nabaphansi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthi kune-silica kwi-Diatomaceous Earth ikhazimula amabhantwana, kuyakwenza abe nezindlela ezinkulu zokuphatha izifo nezinkinga zokuzilima. Lokhu kucacisa ukuthi i-Diatomaceous Earth yisikhundla esibalulekile kubantu bonke abathanda ukuthi baphakamise ukuzilima kwabo nokuthi babonekele ukuzilima okuphephile.