Sydney Beach balls: Cooking oils and human faeces?

"A UNSW scientist has criticised the NSW environmental watchdog for dropping its investigation into the cause of hundreds of tar balls appearing along Sydney's beaches."

"One possible explanation for the balls could be the illegal dumping of large vats of cooking oil into the sewerage system, where it has mixed with human waste to form fatty balls. If companies are seeing this as a cheap option to pump oil through the sewage system, that's a real concern."
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Scientist criticises EPA for dropping probe into tar balls on NSW beaches

Investigations into more mysteriously shaped balls found at nine Sydney beaches are underway, as a prominent scientist hits out at the Environmental Protection Authority for dropping an investigation into similar debris.

^{Victoria Pengilley (ABC News)}