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Salt Mine Therapy

At the Republican Clinic of Speleotherapy near the town of Soligorsk, south of Minsk, in Belarus, children are treated for respiratory illnesses 1,378 feet underground between layers of potassium and salts in an operational salt mine. According to the state clinic, more than 7,000 children and adults seek medical treatment for respiratory illness each year in the subsurface chambers of its facilities. (Reuters)

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