Coloured play sand asbestos scare grows as more Kmart products recalled

A product recall notice has been issued for Anko Make Your Own Unicorn Sand Ornaments after traces of asbestos were detected ...

Indoor sandpit with ‘natural sand’ saves NYC kids from public ‘litter boxes’ — for a fee

Urban Dunes — which bills itself as “NYC’s Only Indoor Sandbox” — offers three “Sandventure” rooms, where kids can play for ...
The Sun

Deadly asbestos found in children’s play sand forces dozens of schools and nurseries to shut

Health officials have warned the toxic sand should only be handled with gloves and masks on DOZENS of schools and nurseries have been forced to shut down after deadly asbestos was discovered in ...
Slate

An Intellectual History of the Sandbox

This essay is excerpted from The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids by Alexandra Lange, out now from Bloomsbury. The first American playground had no climbing bars, no ...
Daily Breeze

For a Good Cause: Sand sculptures bring joy to others, meditation to himself

The first time I met Randall Koerv, someone had just squashed his sandcastle. As I walked up to introduce myself, he was whittling away at the crushed mound, trying to reconstruct the crumbled spires ...