Scientists are deploying mussels across the oceans to absorb microplastics and other pollutants in the fight against water pollution.
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The term mussel is used for several families of bivalve mollusks inhabiting lakes, rivers, and creeks, as well as intertidal areas along coastlines worldwide.
The mussel's external shell is composed of two valves that protect it from predators and desiccation.
The mussel act as 'super-filters', taking in phytoplankton for nourishment along with microplastics, pesticides and other pollutants.
As they pump and filter the water through their gills in order to feed and breathe, mussels store almost everything else that passes through.
Like canaries in a coal mine, mussels have long been used as "bio-indicators" of the health of the seas, lakes and rivers they inhabit.
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