Clay minerals and health applications

Clays and clay minerals can be applied to solve different questions dealing with human health: some of these problems are the reduction of pollutants and toxins in food and the use of these materials as carriers for drugs. For what concerns the first topic, this short review focuses on three case studies about the carcinogen toxin aflatoxin M1, a metabolite of the very toxic aflatoxin B1, whereas salicylic acid and diclofenac are the drugs studied using clay minerals as carriers.