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Comment by giarc

5 hours ago

As noted in the article, plastic buttons displaced buttons made from clamshells long ago. I doubt a market for zebra mussel buttons could make any dent on the population.

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fmajid  3 hours ago

Premium shirts still have shell buttons. Zebra mussels are too small to make buttons, however.

  • kevin_thibedeau  3 hours ago

    I have one shell button shirt. They're annoyingly thin.

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