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>Bobbi wrote:
>> He looked startled, and said it was a kind of clay used to line
>>landfills (he works for the Maryland St. Dept. of the Environment, and
>      spent several years in Solid Waste Management).
>Bentonite is also used as a clarifier when making home-made wine.  It is
>definitely a type of clay.  It bonds to suspended particles and pulls
>them to the bottom of the carboy.
>
>Pat in Toronto

Yes, it's a clay-like mineral that supposedly clears toxins out of the
human system. The book Nutritional Healing recommends it (really!) when
fasting and for clearing the system of things like anasthesia after
surgery. I bought the bottled product by Yerba at a health food store,
before a recent surgery. It's the only clay supplement that I've found that
doesn't include other "cleansing" herbs, many of which I react to.

Renice
Urbana/Champaign, Illinois