Jul 8, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min · 18 segments
Send us Fan Mail Asbestos has been found in Children's Play Sand in Europe! Are children being exposed to this deadly carcinogen unknowingly? Are…
Richard CleversGuest
Terri-Ann BerryHost
Robert McAllisterHost
Jason MilnerHost
So the timescales then from hearing about the asbestos sand over in New Zealand, Australia from our original podcast, when did you get the testing done and what testing did you have done? Richard, David, maybe Richard first.

So when we found out that there was asbestos in the sand, we immediately decided to publish.

And of course, we warned the sellers and we asked them to react in the story.

products we had 12 products tested and seven of them contained asbestos three of them in high percentages the two to five percent in the category two to five percent and the other ones were in the category below two percent it's one point zero point one to two percent that category


At first we did PLM and after we heard that it's also good to do SEM, we also did that in the second

So these were sand products that were sold to the public, to the children, and it was play sand.

in a kinetic sand or sticky sand only in the loose minerals and products like the art stuff that gets through sand in a bottle or on a painting.

But later on, a lot of companies, of course, decided to test their own products and a lot of laboratories did their own testing.

And then it was also found in kinetic, not kinetic sand, but sticky sand, but in very low concentrations.

So the timescales then from hearing about the asbestos sand over in New Zealand, Australia from our original podcast, when did you get the testing done and what testing did you have done? Richard, David, maybe Richard first.

So when we found out that there was asbestos in the sand, we immediately decided to publish.

And of course, we warned the sellers and we asked them to react in the story.

products we had 12 products tested and seven of them contained asbestos three of them in high percentages the two to five percent in the category two to five percent and the other ones were in the category below two percent it's one point zero point one to two percent that category


At first we did PLM and after we heard that it's also good to do SEM, we also did that in the second

So these were sand products that were sold to the public, to the children, and it was play sand.

in a kinetic sand or sticky sand only in the loose minerals and products like the art stuff that gets through sand in a bottle or on a painting.

But later on, a lot of companies, of course, decided to test their own products and a lot of laboratories did their own testing.

And then it was also found in kinetic, not kinetic sand, but sticky sand, but in very low concentrations.
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