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Volcano mud: The superbug killer?

Posted on Oct 31st 2007 12:27PM by Martha Edwards
Using mud for to preserve your healthy? It sounds like an idea out of a posh spa but it's not -- Recent studies from France have revealed that clay from Volcanoes can kill up to 99% of superbugs, including killer ones like MRSA and E coli. Now researchers are using samples of mud from the Massif Central mountain range to develop a class of antibiotics with superbugs cannot become resistant to -- which could potentially save thousands of people worldwide.

It just goes to show that sometimes the most effective cures really can be found in our backyard -- what do you think?

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