"We're aware of a waxy substance in the form of white lumps being washed ashore in Bexhill and neighbouring beaches. "This substance may be harmful if ingested so if visiting the beach do not ...

Shaun Dibble, a Vero Beach lifeguard captain, encountered the viscous black lumps on the shore during his shift at Jaycee Beach on Saturday. He stepped on a tar ball in the morning, which left a ...

The substances were reported in the Palm Beach, Pompano Beach and Deerfield ... Tar balls are solid or semi-solid “fragments or lumps of oil,” according to the Florida Department of ...