[Persevero]

I’m pretty sure my dirt-eating kid got some serious worms (requiring the attention of a specialist!) because he ate dirt.

Yeah, not recommended.

[ransomnote]

I dunno but the MSM keeps tryin’ to feed it to us....

[shibumi]

As a child growing up in our rather large turn-of-the-century family home I had a craving which horrified my family but apparently did no long term damage.

There used to be a product, the name escapes me, which was a greenish clay like substance used for cleaning wall paper. The stuff absorbed grease, smoke and common dirt when rolled over or rubbed on the wall paper and was reused until it lost its supple consistency.

When fresh out of the can, I found it to be a great little snack.

I have no idea what it was made of.

[Melinda in TN]

Bentonite Clay (not your everyday dirt) is supposed to be good for you. I have some and have tried it on occasion without any ill results.

[sten]

eating dirt? this is what’s being pitched out there?

i was wrong. we’re not headed towards soviet russia... we’re headed to communist north korea.

what’s next? the benefits and daily fiber content of tree bark?

how’s that hope & change working for ya?

[LibWhacker]

No, thank you! I’ll bite the dust someday, but it won’t be willingly. ;-)

[Leroy S. Mort]

Eating dirt is maybe overkill, but there’s been research to suggest that severe allergies to peanuts, etc are more common now due to kids being raised in hyper clean environments. Farm kids don’t seem to get these allergies nearly as much.

[arderkrag]

God made dirt, so dirt don’t hurt.

[RetSignman]

We better get used to it with our Communist in Chief in charge.

[Scythian]

If you want to inject particulary deadly forms of nematodes, such a Strongyloides, then by all means eat dirt. Also, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and many other forms of deadly bacteria. Above all though, are the worms, many whose larva are so small as to be unseen by the naked eye. And once you get them, you will always have them, until they eventually cause your death. There are no antiparsiticals that truly work, especially in humans.

Anyone that buys this garbage is setting themselves up for a nightmare worse than death.

[goseminoles]

There’s a story out today from Japan that they developed a way to eat excrement. Dirt isn’t so bad. Japan scientist synthesizes meat from human feces - Yahoo! News