polyisobutene

polyisobutene has been named as the clear sticky material dumped in the sea off the south coast early this year. As a hydrophobic material it repells water, sticks to feathers and everything else. Described by those cleaning up the birds the material contaminated, like a silicone, wallpaper paste or vaseline.




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