澳洲政府表示，由於彩色兒童遊戲沙有石棉 (asbestos)風險，澳洲首都領地（ACT）共有69所學校將於週一被迫關閉。

澳洲近70所學校因兒童遊戲沙中石棉含量超標被迫關閉

Danai Nesta Kupemba

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Getty Images 圖片中，兩名身穿藍色格子洋裝的小女孩手牽手走向學校（背影）。一名背著書包、穿著藍色短袖襯衫的男孩也在畫面中。 Getty Images

澳洲政府表示，由於彩色兒童遊戲沙有石棉風險，澳洲首都領地（ACT）共有69所學校將於週一被迫關閉。

Kmart和Target於週六發布了召回令，召回部分樣品中檢測出微量石棉。

澳洲競爭與消費者委員會（ACCC）表示，石棉進入空氣或細到足以被人吸入的風險「較低」。

澳洲首都領地（ACT）教育部長伊薇特·貝瑞（Yvette Berry）在臉書上發文稱，學校檢查工作正在進行中，可能需要「數天時間」。她補充說，迄今為止，所有學校的空氣檢測結果均顯示「空氣中未檢出石棉」。

Nearly 70 schools to close in Australia over fears of asbestos in play sand
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A total of 69 schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will be forced to close on Monday after coloured play sand was recalled due to asbestos risk, the government has said.

A recall for the products, which were found to have traces of asbestos in some samples, was issued by Kmart and Target on Saturday.

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said there was a "low" risk that the asbestos could become airborne or fine enough for inhalation.

Inspections of the schools are under way and could "take days", said ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry in a post on Facebook. She added that air testing so far has come back "negative to airborne asbestos" from all schools.



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This comes after several schools and preschools in the region were fully or partially closed on Friday, after a warning over asbestos risks in children's sand sold by Officeworks.

There were also school closures in New Zealand due to fears over sand products, with at least two other schools set to close for testing on Monday according to the New Zealand Herald.

Addressing the new closures, Berry said: "Unfortunately, these sand products are even more widely used in our schools than the Officeworks products."

鮮吐司

澳洲最近出大事，造成週一有幾十間小學被迫停課。

起因？是有一整個產品線的兒童彩沙，因為進口原料被驗出石棉（對，就是那個會致癌、肺部纖維化的石棉）引發大規模的商品回收。有使用過此產品的學校，也陸續封校清消，連中央空調都要整個洗過，避免小孩繼續暴露在石棉的危害中。

至於是哪個國家來的原料？沒錯，就是你腦中最先想到的那個「泱泱大國」：）

有些事情真的不是我們先入為主，啊你們就真的爛啊。