The asbestos has been found in garden mulch, prompting the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to ban the mulch supplier from making any further sales.
The asbestos has been found in garden mulch, prompting the NSW Environmental Protection Authority to ban the mulch supplier from making any further sales.
Mulch contaminated with highly hazardous friable asbestos was detected. Particles of less dangerous bonded asbestos were also uncovered at nearby Victoria and Belmore Parks.NSW Premier Chris Minns described the contamination as 'completely unacceptable'. GFFA said test results showed its mulch was not contaminated and "remains confident that when its mulch is delivered to contractors for landscaping it is free of asbestos"."GRRF is at risk of being made a scapegoat for failures in a complex supply chain for construction and landscaping projects," GRRF's lawyer, Ross Fox, principal of Fishburn Watson O'Brien, said.
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