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Decades-old hazardous waste barrels off Los Angeles coast, initially thought to contain DDT, are actually leaking alkaline waste that has transformed the seafloor into extreme environments, creating toxic halos and impacting local microbial communities, with effects still evident over 50 years later.
Decades after barrels of chemicals, likely alkaline waste rather than DDT, were dumped off Los Angeles, strange halos formed around them due to chemical reactions with seawater, revealing ongoing environmental impacts and the presence of extremophile microbes, prompting a reevaluation of marine pollution risks.
Scientists have identified that some of the mysterious 'halo' barrels submerged off Los Angeles contain caustic alkaline waste, which has persisted for decades, creating extreme environments on the seafloor and potentially leaching toxic metals, highlighting long-term environmental impacts of historical dumping of industrial and chemical waste.
New research reveals that decades-old barrels of industrial waste, containing caustic alkaline substances, are still impacting the ocean floor off Los Angeles, creating extreme environments and persistent pollution, with potential long-term ecological consequences.