THE common presumption that the floating ‘sea-scum’ seen on the surface of waters along Málaga province is a form of contaminated waste residue has been dashed by the findings of a study carried out by a team of researchers from Málaga University.
Revealing the first results of the year-long investigation last week, Francisco Ignacio Franco Duro, a professor of mineralogy and crystallography at the university and head of the research team, said that 90% of the sea-scum is water and air – with the remainder “a solid residue, formed mainly by minerals”.
