Sydney asbestos crisis: largest EPA probe ever with hundreds of sites potentially contaminated
by Tamsin Rose and Catie McLeod from World news | The Guardian on (#6JMZT)
More than 130 people working on criminal investigation into mulch supplied by Greenlife Resource Recovery. The company denies any wrongdoing
An investigation into the growing New South Wales asbestos scandal has become the state environmental watchdog's biggest-ever probe with hundreds of sites potentially contaminated including parks, schools, train stations and suburban back yards.
A surge workforce of public servants and firefighters will assist the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) as it expands its criminal investigation into mulch found to contain asbestos across Sydney and regional NSW.
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