Multiple ACT schools shut after alert over asbestos in coloured sand products
Testing and remediation to take place in 16 schools after a consumer safety recall was issued for coloured sand used in sensory play and arts and crafts
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More than a dozen primary and preschools in the ACT have shut their doors, and a special school in Brisbane has made a snap closure, after an asbestos warning was issued for a range of colourful children’s sand products imported from China and sold at leading Australian retailers.
As of Friday afternoon, 16 schools and six preschools were fully closed, up from three preschools and 10 schools when the alert was first issued around 9am. Eight schools and preschools were partially closed to multiple cohorts while testing and remediation took place.
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