US EditionKmart Sold 67,000 Units of Potentially Asbestos-Laced Play Sand
Kmart New Zealand recalled 67,000 units of children's play sand after asbestos was detected, with ongoing testing by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment.
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K-Mart sold 67,000 units of asbestos-laced sand
The Kmart 14-piece Sandcastle Building Set, Blue Magic Sand, Green Magic Sand, Pink Magic Sand have been found to contain asbestos. Photo: Supplied / MBIE It has been revealed Kmart NZ sold tens of thousands of pots of potentially asbestos-laced children's play sand.
Several schools and kindergartens in Australia and New Zealand have recently been found to contain asbestos contaminants in children's play sand manufactured in China, forcing many schools to close. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Chen Hsiu-pao expressed concern on the 20th about whether this contaminant had also entered Taiwanese schools. Deputy Minister of Education Liu Kuo-wei stated that no use has been found so far, and that t…
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