Posted on 01/23/2015 7:08:11 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Scientists are stepping up efforts to identify a mysterious gooey substance polluting waters along the eastern edge of San Francisco Bay, coating hundreds of sea birds and killing scores of them, a state wildlife official said Tuesday.
Initial field testing of the slime, first reported on Friday, came back negative for petroleum but authorities hope a more comprehensive laboratory analysis will provide some conclusive results, said Andrew Hughan, spokesman for the California Department of Fish & Wildlife.
More than 100 birds, mostly ocean-going water fowl, have died after their feathers became soaked in the colorless, odorless goop, impairing their ability to insulate themselves from cold and leading to hypothermia, Hughan said.
Rescue teams from two private volunteer groups have captured and cleaned some 300 or more contaminated birds that they hope to return to the wild, he said.
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Nancy Pelosi was recently seen swimming in the area. Her makeup apparently was not waterproof.
San Farisco? If it was me, I’d shine a black light on that stuff.
LOL
Well it IS San Francisco...so....(won’t say it)
“Mysterious” foreign sub crashed(? don’t know the proper word) that was spying on us?
Another possiblity could be Clinton/Gore/Pelosi pals (coughChinesecough) sending their boatload of money.....
Environmentalists were disappointed. /s
“It’s Climate Change!”
(self-censored)
mysterious gooey substance polluting waters
Are they sure it wasn’t just a bunch of sodomites “doing what they do” at the beach?
Ya, being San Francisco, there could be lots of weird substances found in that place........
While in Honolulu I went to the beach early one morning for a swim. Just as I was heading to the water I saw a used condom washed up on the beach. I went to a different beach as Hawaii has a large population of sodomites.
LOL!
Ah January. When the bath houses drain and ‘clean’ the hot tubs...
First wave of radioactive goop from the Japan nuclear disaster?
I am sure they will find a way to blame conservatives. Especially the ones with guns & bibles.
Pure liberal hubris and slimy mold of hate.
San Francisco?
I don’t want to know...
Rice-A-Roni byproduct ?
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