From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 21:10:08 -0800, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
      
   > 	Some people eat clay. This illness or confusion is called "pica".   
   > 	They seem to get some copper from it...   
      
   Kaopectate used to be primarily kaolin. I don't know why they went to a   
   bismuth compound.   
      
   Kaolin did replace zeolite in QuikClot. Zeolite was exothermic and was   
   something like cauterizing the wound with a hot poker, Kaolin is gentler.   
      
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