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‘The first thing I did was poke it’: Canada beach blobs mystery solved by chemists (www.theguardian.com)

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Newfoundland Memorial Univeristy team find white masses are likely material used to clean pipes in oil industry

Kozak conducted infrared spectroscopy and found chemical bonds consistent with polyvinyl acetate,

“It’s funny that no one thought to reach out to a chemist until very late. Everyone had their own opinions and speculation, but no one was really taking a scientific and experimental point of view,” said Kozak.

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