{"id":123169,"date":"2024-11-07T18:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T11:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123169"},"modified":"2024-11-07T18:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T11:09:16","slug":"sydney-identifies-objects-that-shut-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123169","title":{"rendered":"Sydney identifies objects that shut beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Australian scientists have solved a mystery which has gripped Sydney: what were the sticky dark blobs which washed up on some of the city&#8217;s famed beaches last month?<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Initially believed to be tar balls, they were in fact a &#8220;disgusting&#8221; combination of human faeces, cooking oil, chemicals and illicit drugs, researchers say.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Eight beaches including Bondi were closed for several days and a massive clean-up ordered after thousands of the black deposits started appearing from 16 October. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Testing by chemists has determined the balls were most likely the result of a sewage spill, though their exact origin remains unknown.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Last month authorities in New South Wales (NSW) said they suspected the objects were a mixture of fatty acids, fuel oil and chemicals found in cleaning and cosmetic products.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But further testing found the material is unlikely to have originated solely from an oil spill or waste from a ship, as some had thought.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Each ball was slightly different but had a firm surface &#8211; hardened partially by accumulating sand and minerals like calcium &#8211; and a soft core.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Inside was everything from cooking oil and soap scum molecules, to blood pressure medication, pesticides, hair, methamphetamine and veterinary drugs.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;They smell absolutely disgusting, they smell worse than anything you&#8217;ve ever smelt,&#8221; lead investigator Associate Professor Jon Beves, from the University of NSW, told 9News.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Professor William Alexander Donald said they resembled fat, oil, and grease blobs &#8211; often called fatbergs &#8211; which are commonly formed in sewerage systems. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Detecting this along with recreational drugs and and industrial chemicals had &#8220;pointed us to sewage and other sources of urban effluent&#8221;, he explained.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The researchers said they had received unconfirmed reports of smaller but otherwise similar balls washing up over the past two years.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Sydney Water has reported that there are no known issues with waste systems in the city.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yr08xnxw8o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian scientists have solved a mystery which has gripped Sydney: what were the sticky dark blobs which washed up on some of the city&#8217;s famed beaches last month? 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