Rare clay used by B.C. First Nations kills drug-resistant bacteria: UBC study

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http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/01/kisameet-bay-drug-resistant-clay-ubc/

Scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered that a naturally occurring mineral clay found 400 kilometres north of Vancouver has potent abilities to fight some of the worst and most common bacterial infections found in hospitals. According to the university’s scientists, the clay is located on the traditional territories of the Heiltsuk First Nation in Kisameet Bay on the west coast of British Columbia. About 10,000 years ago, near the end of the last Ice Age, a 400,000 tonne deposit of the rare clays were formed over a shallow five-acre granite basin.