'Vanishingly small' risk to children as another school and park test positive for asbestos

There's a "vanishingly small" risk to children from asbestos found in mulch around Sydney schools and parks, a prominent professor of medicine has said, as three more sites test positive for contamination.

Munn Reserve in Millers Point has also returned a positive result, as well as two private construction sites in Sydney's south-west.Medicine Professor Bernard Stewart told Weekend Today that there's little to no risk to children. "Three other sites have returned positive results but are not being identified for privacy reasons," The EPA said. They are not publicly accessible.

" a complete misunderstanding in the community of the difference between exposure to asbestos and a disease burden from asbestos," Stewart said. "The only way such asbestos gets into the atmosphere is if the material is ground or drilled or cut up with a saw or pulverised. Asbestos only does harm if you breathe it in."There's no risk here to kids."

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