Tarballs, the marble-like bits of oil that have been washing up on Gulf of Mexico beaches since May, have become one of the most visible byproducts of the oil disaster — they’ve hit every Gulf Coast ...

Carmel Valley resident Marlene Stanger typically walks the beach in Del Mar about five times per week. On a recent walk, she and a friend picked up and bagged about six pounds of tarballs. “We didn’t ...

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PANAJI: The menace of tar balls -- oily globules of tar thrown up by the sea -- have returned to sully Goa’s beaches proving a major headache for beach goers who are left with oil sticking to their ...