Crawfish could transfer ionic lithium from their environment into food chain (IMAGE)

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Crawfish could transfer ionic lithium from their environment into food chain

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Crawfish can accumulate lithium, an environmental contaminant that is expected to increase as battery use grows, and that could affect the people who eat them.

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Javian Ervin

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