Asbestos-contaminated sand fears close dozens of schools in Australia (www.nbcnews.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 16 Nov 14:00
https://lemmy.world/post/38874223

Playtime is canceled for 69 schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) on Monday morning thanks to a colorful but potentially risky batch of sand.

Kmart and Target issued product recalls Saturday after samples of a widely-used play sand were found to have traces of asbestos, forcing the schools to close, the state government said Sunday.

Inspections are underway and could “take days,” ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry in a post on Facebook, adding that testing so far had come back “negative to airborne asbestos” from all schools. People who have been in contact with the sand do not require a clinical assessment, health officials say.

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