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Chemist Identifies Mystery 'Blobs' Washing Up in Newfoundland

(www.nytimes.com)
73 points mykowebhn | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 18:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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chaghalibaghali ◴[15 Nov 24 19:11 UTC] No.42149890[source]▶
Interestingly something similar (but chemically different) happened in Australia recently too: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/bondi-beach-tar-balls-...
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1. askvictor ◴[20 Nov 24 08:22 UTC] No.42191797[source]▶
These turned out to be fatbergs (i.e. sewerage that hadn't broken down due to people flushing so-called 'flushable' wipes down the toilet)