Nine popular beaches in Sydney, Australia, including Manly Beach, have been shut down due to the appearance of numerous small, grey balls washed ashore. Authorities are baffled by the origin of these balls, which are suspected to contain human waste and other pollutants. The Northern Beaches Council and the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) are working to collect samples for testing and identify the source of the contamination.
NINE popular beaches have been forced to shut down after mysterious balls washed up on the shores and baffled authorities.The nine beaches that were been told to shut down on Tuesday include: Manly, Dee Why, Long Reef, Queenscliff, Freshwater, North and South Curl Curl, North Steyne and North Narrabeen.
The little grey balls in question were the size of marbles, with some larger, according to a statement from the Northern Beaches Council. “There’s something that’s obviously leaking or dropping or whatever and floating out there and being tossed around.
University of New South Wales chemistry professor Jon Beves had no explanation for where the balls came from.He said: "I don’t know if it’s come from our local sewer system, or if it’s been discharged from a boat, or if it’s been washed from the sewers into the stormwater, or some other origin that we really don’t know.
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