Discarded oyster shells may pull rare earth metals from polluted water

PHYSorg
Mar 26, 2026, 8:40 pm94 pts
New research from a team at Trinity College Dublin has unearthed a cheap and environmentally friendly new option for removing pollutants from our water. The key? Oyster shells that would ordinarily end up in landfill sites after consumption. The research, just published in the journal Science of the Total…

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