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Tom Place

Hobbycraft recalls children’s craft kit after parent finds asbestos

Arts and crafts retailer Hobbycraft has issued a full recall for one of its DIY craft boxes for children after confirming that some contained asbestos.

Following an alert from a parent, who had found traces of the dangerous substance in the product, the company said in a statement that asbestos was found “in a limited number of samples” of the Giant Box of Craft product, a children's craft item with 1,000 pieces.

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