Overview
- Recalls now cover Kmart and Target Magic Sand and a sandcastle set, adding to ACCC notices for Kadink, Educational Colours and Creatistics products sold since 2020.
- ACT authorities will keep 69 public schools shut for inspections, testing and remediation, with air monitoring to date reporting no airborne asbestos at schools.
- South Australia has identified about 130 education sites with the sands, including roughly 20 with loose material, and is using licensed asbestos contractors without closing schools.
- National health advice states no routine clinical assessment is required, instructs users to stop using the products, secure or double‑bag them, avoid vacuuming, and arrange approved disposal.
- Samples have shown tremolite and/or chrysotile in some products, the sands are imported from China, and regulators say further laboratory analysis and audits are continuing.