A scientist at Newfoundland’s Memorial University says he’s run tests on the mysterious blobs that have washed up in ...

Hilary Corlett, an Earth sciences specialist at Memorial University, said they're made of polyvinyl acetate, often found in glue Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for ...

MUN chemistry professor Chris Kozak says the blobs washing up on Newfoundland's shores contains more than just polyvinyl ...

The results, she said, came in late last week: it was polyvinyl acetate, often found in glue. "It is pollution," Corlett said ...

The results, she said, came in late last week: it was polyvinyl acetate, often found in glue. “It is pollution,” Corlett said in an interview Tuesday. “It’s plastic. It needs to be cleaned ...

A researcher thinks he knows what has been coming ashore on miles of beaches. Canada’s environmental agency says it is still ...

Memorial University Professor, Christopher M. Kozak, was determined to figure out what the weird gooey substance was after the college obtained samples from Placentia Bay.

N.L., last month and gave them to a colleague for testing. The results, she said, came in late last week: it was polyvinyl acetate, often found in glue.

Throughout the fall, unusual white blobs have been washing ashore on beaches in eastern Newfoundland. A Memorial University chemist says the substance is a type of pollution that shouldn't have been ...