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Sustainability: Don't waste seafood waste

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Turning cast-off shells into nitrogen-rich chemicals would benefit economies and the environment, say Ning Yan and Xi Chen.

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  1. Ning Yan is professor of green chemistry and Xi Chen is a research fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,

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