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For Christchurch father of two Joe Baxter, there was no question he needed to act fast when alarms were raised over asbestos in children's play sand sold by Kmart.
"We were doing what was logical, we were removing the threat," the teacher said.
It was mid-November when the alert went out; three Magic Sand colour sets and a sandcastle building kit were being recalled after testing positive for tremolite, a form of asbestos.
"We had to act, without good information we had to act on it and clear it up as quickly as possible," Baxter told RNZ.
One of the three tubs in the house matched the batch numbers being recalled.
Toys were thrown out and carpet ripped up from about three-quarters of the house that had the sand in it.
But weeks later cam
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