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  2. Australian authorities say more Sydney schools tainted with ...

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    An asbestos contamination in Sydney widened on Sunday, with authorities saying the toxic material had been detected in more schools, as a weeks-long effort continued to remove it from mulch used ...

  3. Sydney asbestos crisis - Wikipedia

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    The crisis was triggered by the January 2024 discovery of asbestos in the Rozelle Parklands, a part of the then-recently opened Rozelle Interchange project in Sydney, Australia. [3] The asbestos was originally reported by a concerned parent, who spotted a chunk of bonded asbestos in a handful of mulch brought home by their child from a ...

  4. Sydney parks cordoned off, Mardi Gras event cancelled after ...

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    SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities on Friday cordoned off areas in several parks in Sydney after the discovery of asbestos in mulch, while precautionary testing began in schools as the ...

  5. Australian authorities say more Sydney sites tainted with ...

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    SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities said on Saturday asbestos had been discovered in more places in Sydney, including housing estates, as the New South Wales government continued a weeks-long ...

  6. Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act - Wikipedia

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    The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) is a US federal law enacted by the 99th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. [1] It required the EPA to create regulations regarding local educational agencies inspection of school buildings for asbestos-containing building material, prepare asbestos management plans, and perform asbestos response actions to ...

  7. California government response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Newsom also said that families with kids who can receive free or low-cost lunch at schools could now get up to $365 a month in additional benefits due to the Pandemic-EBT program. Additionally, Newsom announced that EBT cards could be used to buy groceries online on Amazon and Walmart , and the state was encouraging other supermarkets to also ...

  8. Jefferson County schools working to address asbestos in ...

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    JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Asbestos in drinking water has been an ongoing problem in Jefferson County. Now the school district is taking action. A test conducted in July left community ...

  9. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children - Wikipedia

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    The empirical results suggest that the transition from onsite to online lectures due to the COVID-19 crisis had a stronger effect on males, part-time students, undergraduate students, applied sciences students, students with a lower living standard, and students from less developed regions (in Africa and Asia), while the pandemic generally had ...