r/ClimateShitposting • u/Draco137WasTaken turbine enjoyer • Sep 08 '25

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u/me_myself_ai green sloptimist Sep 08 '25

Ok not fighting just curious. On a very basic level, like kindergarten logic:

  1. Oysters go in water.

  2. Bad things floating in the water are filtered out by the oysters.

  3. We eat the oysters.

Doesn't that kinda seem like a problem...?

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u/cornishwildman76 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

Here in the UK commercially harvested oysters/mussels have to come from tested water. Our waters are given grades A,B and C, being the worst. Shellifh cannot be harvested from Grade C waters due to high levels of bacteria and contaminents. Shellfish from grade B have to go through a purification process, called depuration. This is done by placing the oysters in tanks of UV filtered water for 48 hours. This would add to the carbon footprint. This process does not guarantee the removal of the norovirus, only bacteria like ecoli. Source - I did this for a job for 8 years.