EDIBLE ENTEROSORBENTS USED TO MITIGATE ACUTE EXPOSURES TO INGESTIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS FOLLOWING OUTBREAKS, NATURAL DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES

摘要

An edible enterosorbent containing a treated enterosorbent, wherein the treated enterosorbent comprises a parent sorbent that has been acid and/or lecithin treated, and wherein the treated sorbent is operable for adsorption of one or more toxins from a gastrointestinal tract of a living being when introduced thereto, such that a bioavailability of and exposure of the living being to the one or more toxins is decreased. Methods of making and utilizing the edible enterosorbent are also provided.