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g01 9/22 pp. 23-24 The Amazing Mussel Reveals Its Secrets The Vacuum Cleaner Mussels are filter-feeders. In most species each mussel daily draws several liters of water into its body and strains out not only food and oxygen but also pollutants like harmful bacteria and toxic chemicals. This ability makes mussels splendid water purifiers. It also makes them handy early-warning detectors for water contamination. For example, hundreds of mussels have been put into the sea around the Ekofisk oil field off the coast of Norway. Every few months scientists pry them up and measure the amount of pollution in their shells to see if chemicals discharged into the sea are harming marine life. Since 1986, mussels and oysters have been put to work in the Mussel Watch Project operating in coastal and inland waters around North America. Researchers get a good idea of any changes in water quality by annually checking the shellfish for buildup of chemicals inside them. How useful! One freshwater species, the striped zebra mussel, is often regarded as a pest. This thumbnail-size native of eastern Europe was likely introduced into North America by accident in the mid-1980’s when a transatlantic ship discharged its ballast water. Far from its natural enemies, the zebra mussel has multiplied rapidly in the Great Lakes and adjoining waterways, causing millions of dollars’ worth of damage by clogging up water-intake pipes and encrusting boats, piers, and bridges. It has also crowded out some native mussel species. There is, however, a plus side. Because zebra mussels are filter-feeders par excellence, they quickly clear murky lake waters by gobbling up the floating algae. Underwater green plants can then flourish again and provide a home for other lake inhabitants. Scientists are currently exploring the idea of using the mussels’ filtering prowess to strain out harmful bacteria from public water sources and even to remove sewage from wastewater treatment plants.
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Problems with Sewage Sludge · Experiments have been made in using sewage sludge as a fertilizer on farmland, but now this does not seem to be advisable. It has been found that toxic metals in sludge show up in dangerous amounts in edible plants grown on ground fertilized by it. This was disclosed by the Cornell University Pesticide Residue Laboratory. |
