British waterways fight invasion by Russian zebra mussels

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14398995

Water companies say they may have found a solution to the spread of an invasive Russian mollusc which is clogging waterways.

The zebra mussel costs Anglian Water alone £500,000 a year to remove from treatment plants.

As Danny Savage reports, it is hoped a new powder will kill them off.

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nice one m8, there's no shortage of 'em on the tidal thames
lets hope the side effects aren't like slug pellets

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-14806264

I wonder how that powder kills Zebra mussels but not any other types of shellfish. Or maybe the idea is to use it only where they don't want any type of mussel growing.

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