The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the appearance of tar balls on South Florida beaches, but the source of the black muck remains a mystery. Officials are working with local communities and searching for possible sources, but the investigation has yet to yield any definitive answers.
The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that appeared on South Florida beaches over the weekend, but the source of the black muck remains a mystery. The agency has been investigating reports of tar balls from Port Everglades to Palm Beach along the Atlantic Ocean coast. Tar balls are small, dark pieces of oil which can stick to the feet of beachgoers and often come from oil spills.
However, they can also originate from natural seeps, where oil slowly escapes from petroleum reserves beneath the ocean floor. Coast Guard crews conducted searches by air and sea, but they were unable to find a specific source. While the agency is no longer investigating the source, it is working with local communities in case they have any further concerns. There’s been no evidence that the tar balls came from Port Everglades off the shore of Fort Lauderdale, but giant tanker ships routinely sit near the port. Every day, more than 12.5 million gallons (47.3 million liters) of products including gasoline and jet fuel move through the port on tanker ships and barges, and there are many petroleum terminals in the area.In October, the Canadian Coast Guard cleaned up tar balls floating to the ocean’s surface from the site of a World War II era shipwreck off the coast of British Columbia. The U.S. Army military transport ship has been leaking oil over the years since it hit a rock and sunk in 1946. In May 2019, tar balls described as 'very soft' washed up on beaches on Padre Island in Texas and were getting stuck on beachgoers. For most people, occasional brief contact with a small amount of oil isn’t harmful, officials said. But for people who are particularly sensitive to chemicals, tar balls can cause rashes or allergic reactions
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