Asbestos scare spreads to Riverland schools

NUMEROUS Riverland public preschool and primary school sites are reported to have either had coloured sand products — linked last week to an asbestos contamination recall — secured from campuses, or confined to an isolated area.

A total of 15 Riverland preschool and primary schools — part of now more than 300 South Australian education sites that have reported to stocking items linked to a recall issued last Wednesday on children’s sand products that may contain tremolite asbestos — are understood to have ‘sealed’ products secured, with Loxton Primary School the only site to report ‘loose’ sand, now in an isolated area.