Asbestos
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Australia
‘Risk to health’: Warning as asbestos discovered in kids toy
Asbestos has been found in samples of a children’s toy sold nationwide for more than a year, prompting a warning…
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UK
Urgent recall for children’s play sand after Hobbycraft admits it contains asbestos
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UK
Warning after ‘asbestos found’ in children’s play sand sold in UK
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UK
Asbestos found in children’s play sand sold in UK | Retail industry
Bottles of children’s play sand have been pulled from shelves by crafts retailer Hobbycraft after a parent discovered they were…
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Australia
Asbestos allegedly found in imported wind turbine parts at Geelong
The CFMEU is ringing alarm bells after asbestos was allegedly found in a shipment of wind turbine parts at a…
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Australia
Parents warned as asbestos detected in popular children’s product
Just a week after shoppers were warned that a children’s toy at Kmart was being recalled due to asbestos risks,…
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Australia
Coloured unicorn sand toy sold at Kmart and Target recalled over asbestos risk
A children’s toy sold at Kmart and Target stores has been recalled after laboratory tests detected asbestos in the sand…
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Australia
Three deaths related to asbestos exposure at former ABC site
Three former ABC staff have died from exposure to asbestos at the broadcaster’s former offices in the Melbourne suburb of…
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Australia
More than 300 South Australian schools caught up in asbestos play sand recall
The scale of the asbestos school scare skyrocketed overnight; The number of South Australian areas affected has more than doubled…
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Australia
How the ACT schools asbestos shutdown unfolded
Many schools are still closed as products have been removed from classrooms.
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