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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Mazola? Crisco? KY Jelly?
I went to a different beach as Hawaii has a large population of sodomites.
There were probably sodomites on the other beach, too.
Liquified smug?
Well it IS San Francisco...so....(wont say it)
O.K., I will~~~sewage from bath houses?
That’s one possibility.
Must be global warming.
Leftover Clinton presidue?
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