A materials testing facility in Perth has been overrun with requests after Australia's consumer watchdog found asbestos in children's sand products. Several more coloured and decorative sand products ...

The ABC can reveal that the asbestos contamination of children's play sand was discovered by chance in an Australia laboratory. Regulators in Australia and New Zealand were alerted to the ...

A sand filter, or "filtration basin", is a stormwater quality treatment system that works by using a two-component clarification system: the first is a sediment forebay for settling large particles ...

Concerned families and retailers have inundated a materials testing laboratory with enquiries, since news broke that asbestos had been detected in decorative and coloured sand for children.

Asbestos in children's play sand was discovered by chance in an Australian laboratory and was only reported to safety authorities after a lab manager mentioned the findings in a podcast interview. The ...