"Scientists have been accumulating evidence in lab animals for years that a pill might be able to reduce the damage loud noise does to your hearing. Now they're sending in the Marines.

Starting in a few months, a group of 600 Marines at Camp Pendleton in California will face rifle training with not only foam plugs in their ears, but also a drink that tastes very much like Wild Berry Zinger herbal tea. "

Interesting... if true, this would be a huge breakthrough. I imagine them selling it as a 'mix-in' @ concerts/festivals, road & track events (indy 500), etc.