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☆ Australian Authorities Say More Sydney Schools Tainted With Asbestos
  + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An asbestos contamination in Sydney widened on Sunday, with authorities saying the toxic material had been detected in more schools, as a weeks-long effort continued to remove it from mulch used in public places. In an update on the contamination on Sunday, the state's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) said 34 city sites had now returned positive for bonded asbestos. New sites where asbestos had been confirmed were two schools in the city's west, the EPA said, lifting the number of schools confirmed as tainted to four. "There is ongoing testing at a further four schools," EPA head Tony Chappel said, adding that testing was also underway at a hospital and in part of the city's vast Royal National Park. (Reporting by Sam McKeith in Sydney; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
Persons: Tony Chappel, Sam McKeith, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: SYDNEY, Environmental Protection Authority, Royal, Asbestos Locations: Sydney, New South Wales
☆ Australia Authorities Say More Sydney Sites Tainted With Asbestos
  + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Saturday said asbestos had been discovered in more places in Sydney including housing estates as the New South Wales government continues a weeks-long scramble to remove the toxic material from mulch used in public spaces. Since then, in what is the biggest investigation by the state's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in decades, 32 city sites have returned positive results for bonded asbestos, the agency said in a statement on Saturday. The EPA said new sites where asbestos had been detected were a public school and park in the city's north, and two residential estates under construction in Sydney's south-west. The University of Sydney had also been identified as potentially tainted and would be tested this weekend, it said. The rate of positive results is around 10 percent," the EPA said.
Persons: Sam McKeith, Matthew Lewis Organizations: SYDNEY, New South, Environmental Protection Authority, EPA, University of Sydney, Authorities, Sydney Gay, Mardi Locations: Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney's
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