Multiple ACT schools shut after alert over asbestos in coloured sand products

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Testing and remediation to take place in 15 schools after a consumer safety recall was issued for coloured sand used in sensory play and arts and crafts

More than a dozen primary and preschools in the ACT have shut their doors after an asbestos warning was issued for a range of colourful children’s sand products imported from China and sold at leading Australian retailers.

On Friday morning, the ACT’s education minister, Yvette Berry, confirmed 15 schools and three preschools would be fully closed and five schools would be partially closed to multiple cohorts while testing and remediation took place.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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