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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose New South Wales state correspondent

More than 30 parks across Sydney to be urgently tested for asbestos as residents urged to avoid mulched areas

Harmony Park in Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, Australia is fenced off after friable asbestos was found in mulch in the park.
The City of Sydney on Tuesday night said mulch at 32 parks would be urgently tested for asbestos, with priority given to the highest usage parks. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Dozens more parks across inner Sydney will be tested for asbestos after investigations found contaminated mulch may have been used around trees and plantings throughout the city as the crisis deepens.

Residents are being urged to avoid mulched areas, which will be cordoned off for weeks as the council tests after earlier this week finding asbestos in three other parks, including friable asbestos in Harmony Park in Surry Hills.

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