By modifying a method used to flavor foods, researchers have made a substance that poisons the zebra mussel. That invasive species clogs water pipes that feed power plants and other facilities.
GILL KILL. Microscopic particles (inset shows one) containing potassium chloride are toxic to zebra mussels. The photograph depicts such particles moving through a mussel’s gill.
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