More Canberra schools will be closed due to asbestos contamination concerns after additional coloured sand products were recalled.

The ACT's education department closed 16 schools and six preschools, and partially closed eight other schools, on Friday after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued a recall notice for coloured sand products when testing detected traces of asbestos.

Kmart and Target have since issued a product safety recall for four additional products, and the ACT Education Directorate has decided to close 69 school on Monday in response. Loading

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