Mulch contaminated with asbestos has been found at another Sydney school, while the number of testing sites has been expanded.
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00:00 This inner Sydney school is one of several that's undergone testing this week.
00:06 It's still waiting on a result while the EPA has confirmed a Lambie Heights public school
00:12 on the northern beaches has returned a positive test after a single piece of bonded asbestos
00:17 was found in a garden bed.
00:19 Remediation works are underway and the school will open as usual on Monday.
00:24 It's the second public school to find asbestos in its landscaping after the hazardous material
00:29 was found in recycled gardening mulch at Liverpool West Public School on Sunday.
00:35 That school will stay shut for weeks.
00:38 Two new residential estates and a Millers Point park have also returned positive results
00:43 taking the total number of contaminated sites to 32.
00:47 We've identified another four schools for priority testing along with two other sites
00:54 being the University of Sydney and Sydney Olympic Park.
00:57 The wider EPA investigation into the source of the contamination is ongoing.
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