0 Mud, glorious goo

…HealthDay reporter Alan Mozes (Apr 6, 2008) writes about dirt.

…Dirt can kill microbes.

…Ever seen those movies about native cultures that slap on the mud—this is along those lines.

…Scientists have found exotic germ killers in mud that can kill even the dreaded methicillin-resistant staph (MRSA).

…HA remembers slapping mud on wasp and bee stings as a kid.

…An Arizona State scientist has analyzed clay and mud samples from all over the world. Three clays have been identified as therapeutic.

…MRSA, for instance, starts out on the skin—the idea is that this mud will keep it from getting in the bloodstream.

…No, you can’t drag in some mud from the backyard. This is science! Just any old mud can be full or arsenic or mercury.

…Those mud facial packs? Anything?

…Nah.