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Asbestos

August 2026

  • Elle Chrisp

    Elle’s twins played with asbestos-contaminated coloured sand for a year. Why wasn’t she warned of its danger?

  • Overflowing litter bin

    Consumer champions
    I was fined £500 after putting a coffee cup in a rubbish bag next to a full bin

July 2026

  • Educational Colours sand products

    Parents were told asbestos in play sand was low risk unless ‘pulverised’. But regulators hadn’t tested it

    Exclusive: Some ACCC recall notices updated after testing finds 90% of samples release asbestos fibres, contrary to previous claims
  • Someone waiting on the platform on the London Underground as a train approaches

    London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says

    Former tube network cleaner says tribunal vindicated his health concerns, including about asbestos, that could affect public
  • Colorful buckets of EC Rainbow Sand in various colors displayed with product labels showing rainbow bottles

    Contaminated children’s play sand sold in Australia can release toxic airborne asbestos, research finds

    Exclusive: New study contradicts statements that play products removed from shelves because of asbestos concerns were ‘low risk’

May 2026

  • A child engages in tactile play with vibrant blue kinetic sand on a table, stimulating creativity and fine motor skills. The hands mold and shape the3D3FX18 A child engages in tactile play with vibrant blue kinetic sand on a table, stimulating creativity and fine motor skills. The hands mold and shape the

    Five toys on sale in Britain found to contain asbestos in tests for Guardian

  • Tony Worthington in casual dress at home.

    Tony Worthington obituary

April 2026

  • Child playing with blue kinetic sand

    Dozens of toys recalled in the UK after asbestos found in play sand

    Candle-making kits and rubber toys among products recalled after revelation about play sand sold by Hobbycraft

March 2026

  • Pictured: Areas of the children's playground at Rozelle parklands were fenced off after salvaged railway sleepers were removed for testing

    Sydney playground at centre of asbestos mulch scandal closed again after timber found ‘bleeding black tar-like substance’

    Salvaged railway timber removed for testing from Rozelle parklands, which was previously closed in 2024 when asbestos was found in garden mulch

February 2026

  • The closed road at the former asbestos mining town of Wittenoom, northwest Western Australia

    Traditional owners sue Western Australia government for $1.5bn to clean up toxic asbestos at Wittenoom

    Town in the state’s Pilbara region was the site of three blue asbestos mines and has been described as ‘the largest contaminated site in the southern hemisphere’

January 2026

  • Hobbycraft’s Giant Box of Craft coloured play sand

    Hobbycraft issues full recall of asbestos-tainted children’s play sand

  • Hobbycraft salesEmbargoed to 0001 Monday January 13 Undated handout photo of a Hobbycraft store. Hobbycraft has reported "strong" Christmas sales growth after the craft business was boosted by shoppers looking to personalise their festive decorations. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday January 13, 2020. The retailer said sales jumped 8.9% over the five weeks to December 24 on the back of a 5.3% like-for-like sales increase. It said sales increased by 3% across its stores while online sales surged 19.5% for the period. See PA story CITY Hobbycraft. Photo credit should read: Hobbycraft/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    Asbestos found in children’s play sand sold in UK

November 2025

  • Makeup products

    FDA poised to kill proposal that would require asbestos testing for cosmetics

  • Asbestos specialists

    Sand play products now ‘high risk’ and need to be tested before coming into Australia, border force says

  • Person in hazmat gear removes bags of rubbish outside a Canberra school

    Schools in Australia have closed over asbestos in play sand fears – here’s what you need to know

  • Kmart sand products. Loose coloured play sand for children, including as part of a sand castle building set. The products are being recalled because the sand may include asbestos.

    Schools close in New Zealand after play sand recalled over asbestos fears

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

  • Colourful children’s sand sold by Officeworks recalled amid asbestos fears

October 2025

  • Tom White

    It’s still killing people, and the government has yet to act: Britain’s hidden asbestos epidemic

    Tom White
    Asbestos was banned in 1999, but as materials left in our buildings deteriorate, thousands of lives are being lost every year, says writer and education worker Tom White

July 2025

  • Aerial view of a the grey exposed earth of a mine on the right next to a small town on the left, with hills in the background

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    Brazil’s last asbestos miners are switching to rare earth minerals. Can they offer a brighter future?

    The small city of Minaçu is hoping to challenge China’s dominance in servicing the global appetite for minerals key to the green energy transition
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