Greece’s Environment Ministry said on Friday that initial results of a marine mucilage or “sea snot” observed around the northern Aegean island of Limnos are encouraging.
“There is no cause for concern for swimmers while in recent days [the mucilage] has disappeared from the shores of the island,” experts tasked with studying the phenomenon found.
Analyses found that the growth was the result of a mild eutrophication and did not contain any toxic microorganisms.
The mucilage dissipated as a result of recent winds, state news agency amna reported.
The sea snot appeared at the south beaches of Limnos around June 20 and it was estimated that it was moved to the north Aegean Sea from the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul, Turkey.
