Hobbycraft removes product from sale after parent sent samples to a lab for testing but declines to issue a recall
Bottles of children’s play sand have been withdrawn from shelves by the craft retailer Hobbycraft after a parent discovered they were contaminated with asbestos.
The parent, who did not wish to be named, raised the alarm after her children played with the sand at a party.
She sent samples off to a testing lab, which found traces of asbestos fibres in the bottles of yellow, green and pink sand sold in Hobbycraft’s Giant Box of Craft arts kit.
Asbestos can cause cancer in later life if inhaled, although the risk to children who played with the sand is thought to be low.
