Meet Nathan Montelongo, seventh-grader who used shellfish waste to clean water

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What happened

Nathan Gael Montelongo, a seventh-grader from La Joya, Texas, created a project using chitosan.

He collected discarded shellfish shells to produce chitosan powder and tested its effectiveness on polluted water.

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  • Reported by Times of India and published Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:20:00 UTC.

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