Nairobi, Kenya: Women who crave for and eat stones when pregnant may be irreparably hurting their children’s health and their ability to learn, according to medical researchers in Nairobi. Researchers ...

Nearly all little kids put weird things into their mouths. But children over age 2 -- or full-grown adults -- who regularly eat paint chips, stones, paper clips, cloth and other inedible items likely ...

Talking about clay makes Amilcar Apaza nostalgic for his childhood in Juliaca, Peru, a city in the Andean highlands. He remembers gathering with his family in his grandmother's fields in the nearby ...

Bentonite is a very old clay that has been used as a remedy for many things. The fine powder forms when volcanic ash ages. It’s named after Fort Benton, WY, which has a lot of it. But it’s found all ...

Farmers in Peru's Andean highlands have been consuming clay for centuries. Scientists now think it may have allowed them to eat wild potatoes,... Talking about clay makes Amilcar Apaza nostalgic for ...

Talking about clay makes Amilcar Apaza nostalgic for his childhood in Juliaca, Peru, a city in the Andean highlands. He remembers gathering with his family in his grandmother's fields in the nearby ...