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Did you know that mussels and clams are sensitive to changes in water quality and can absorb pollutants? They are often used as bioindicators to detect harmful
by lossolo 2y ago
Did you know that mussels and clams are sensitive to changes in water quality and can absorb pollutants? They are often used as bioindicators to detect harmful substances like heavy metals and toxins in the water. They are used in United States and in Europe to check if water is clean.
- hinkley 2y agoI remember someone creating a sensing system to see if the shells were open or closed. Given enough mussels, the odds of them all closing at once due to random chance instead of pollution drops to zero.
- LeifCarrotson 2y agoThis Tom Scott video? https://youtu.be/i0RkEs3Xwf0 https://youtu.be/i0RkEs3Xwf0 Clams at 2:22.
- hinkley 2y agoI believe Tom is the second time I heard of this, as was the experience of a number of his chattier viewers.