Unidentified bead-shaped foreign object found on an Australian beach...Nine beaches closed
Jan 14, 2025
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According to Australian media such as NewsCom, nail-sized white and gray marble-shaped foreign substances were found on Sydney's northern coast on the morning of the 14th (local time).
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a warning to ensure that the substances were safe, and authorities decided to temporarily close nine beaches.
The nine sites are Manly, Dee Why, Long Leaf, Queenscliffe, Freshwater, North and South Curl Curl, North Steyne and North Narabeen.
Earlier in October last year, hundreds of foreign substances the size of golf balls were found on Sydney's Coogee Beach, and authorities closed the beaches.
Initially, the material was believed to be a mass of oil debris called 'tarball'. Tarballs are formed when oil comes into contact with plastic and water.
However, it was analyzed as a mass of all kinds of waste.
The material contained hundreds of other ingredients, including cooking oil and soap residues, feces, PFAS chemicals, steroid compounds, antihypertensive agents, pesticides, and molecules derived from animal medicines.
Government authorities emphasized that they should not touch or consume it due to the possibility of carcinogenesis.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
