The plebs can pound sand! An exclusive indoor sandpit has opened up on Manhattan’s monied Upper East Side — so the offspring of New York City’s elite don’t have to play in the rat-infested boxes open ...

The victim was unharmed, authorities said. A father's quick-thinking and Texas emergency services' fast response saved a 12-year-old girl from Thanksgiving tragedy on Thursday, officials said. The ...

Another sand product is being urgently recalled after it tested positive for asbestos. Initial testing of the Miki Sand Art Set found unidentified mineral fibres that were consistent with asbestos.

Parents across Geelong are facing anxious wait times and huge bills to remove potentially contaminated kinetic sand products from their homes. Ocean Grove mum Jackie Landsdowne said she had no idea ...

ME Jukes & Son Ltd owner Trevor Jukes and Cheryl Taylor (health and safety support) in the business's asbestos isolation area with kinetic sand products deposited by several schools. Schools and ...

A New South Wales after-school hours operator said an asbestos removal company wanted to charge her more than $14,000 to vacuum up a few clumps of recalled coloured sand that had spilled onto a carpet ...

Concern grows across the country about asbestos continamination in play sand, as more schools and early learning centres close for testing. Source: Supplied/NCA Newswire With hundreds of schools and ...

Some families say guidelines about how to safely clean and dispose of asbestos-contaminated sand have been "confusing". The ACCC says consumers should not dispose of the sand in household bins, but ...

The rapid response by education departments, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and various work safety agencies has been a whirlwind since Wednesday. Last Wednesday, the ACCC ...