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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) -- A South Florida organization believes it has come up with a slick solution to soak up millions of gallons of oil that has spilled into the Gulf of Mexico.

The group's 100 percent Canadian Sphagnum peat moss could help in the cleanup along our beaches... if it comes to that. Using transmission fluid, Maurice "Maui" Goodbeer, a local liason for the product, revealed how the moss works. "The phenomenon is when you dry it below 15 percent water retention, it no longer takes in water. It becomes hydrophobic and absorbs every derivative of crude oil," he said. "As you can see, it's beginning to absorb the hydrocarbon into the cell structure," he continued. "It locks the hydrocarbon into the cell structure and the humic acid, which is naturally occurring inside the cell structure, begins to breakdown the hydrocarbon. It breaks it down into hydrogen and oxygen and then releases that hydrogen and oxygen, and then releases it as clean air." In the ultimate test, he actually drinks the water the moss has separated. "So that's natural, that's green, and that's what we need to use in our environment."