A large number of Sydney beaches reached levels 75 times above ... This exposed swimmers to gastroenteritis and skin diseases, with the very young, elderly and those with ongoing health problems ...

Nine beaches in Sydney, Australia, have been closed after mysterious gray debris shaped like small balls washed up ashore. The discovery of the marble-sized balls comes just months after a similar ...

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Tower Beach, next to Sydney Airport in Botany Bay ... at least some PFAS chemicals can be readily absorbed through the skin and retained within skin tissue, providing a pathway to enter the ...

Sydney’s popular Manly Beach and other beaches around the Australian city were closed on Tuesday as authorities investigated marble-sized balls of white and gray debris that had washed on shore, in ...