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Blooming Shoes

Green pond slime has finally become cool! How? By turning algal blooms caused by our wastes into useful, less toxic footwear products.

One company, aptly named Bloom, thinks it can turn the explosion of algal blooms globally into a plus by making shoe midsoles from them.

It would help replace the widespread use

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