Scientists Hurry to Save Lab-Grown Mussel Species That Can Purify Waterways

Saving the endangered Appalachian monkeyface mussel in a high-stakes race. Fifty years after the Clean Water Act was passed, mussels grown in laboratories are starting to resume their unheralded mission of purifying waterways.

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