The golf-ball-size debris that closed beaches across the Australian city wasn't tar balls as first thought. It was made up of decomposed cooking oils, hair and food waste. IE 11 is not supported.

Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach and other beaches around the Australian city were shut Thursday as authorities investigated mysterious tar balls that have washed ashore.. The dark, sticky, golf-ball ...

The black balls first started showing up on the Coogee and Gordon's Bay beaches near Sydney in mid-October, the local mayor said at the time, suggesting they could be tar balls, which often form ...

On October 17, beaches in the Australian city of Sydney, including the famous Bondi Beach, were shut down when thousands of mysterious black tar balls washed ashore, prompting health concerns. By ...

Thousands of tar balls appeared on Sydney's beaches this week. (ABC News: Digby Werthmuller)In response, beaches within Randwick City and Waverley City were closed until investigations and a full ...

Nov. 8 (UPI) --Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney, Australia, beaches were initially suspected to be tar balls but turned out to be miniature "fatbergs" containing human feces.

One of Sydney's most popular beaches came under the spotlight this week when hundreds of black balls mysteriously appeared along its shore. The sphere-shaped debris washed up at Coogee Beach on ...

Mystery tar balls wash up on Sydney beaches forcing seven to close. Tar balls are formed when oil comes into contact with debris and water, often as a result of oil spills or seepage.

Sydney Beaches Closed Due to Toxic 'Tar Balls' By Alasdair Pal and Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) -Beaches in Sydney including the iconic Bondi were closed to bathers on Thursday after hundreds of ...

SYDNEY, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Beaches in Sydney including the iconic Bondi were closed to bathers on Thursday after hundreds of black balls suspected to be toxic washed up on the city's shores.

Hundreds of golf ball-sized black balls have washed up on several Sydney beaches, ... Tar balls may contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are known to be carcinogenic.

Weeks after sticky black balls washed up on the famed beaches of Sydney, Australia, scientists say they have partly solved the mystery behind the “disgusting” blobs.