Suwon City Conducts Environmental Safety Inspections on 60 Children's Sandboxes… 'All Compliant'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City announced on the 21st that environmental safety inspections conducted on 60 children's sandboxes within the city have all received 'compliant' determinations.

The city commissioned the Korea Industrial Safety Association to conduct environmental safety inspections from June 28 to August 16 on 60 children's playgrounds (in residential complexes, urban parks, and childcare facilities) that use sand as impact-absorbing surface material.

The inspection collected sand samples and verified whether heavy metals—five categories including lead, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic—exceeded standard levels, and checked for parasitic contamination. All results were determined to be 'compliant.'

The city plans to provide sandbox managers with measurement results and guidelines for sandbox maintenance.

A city official stated, "Because children are more vulnerable to environmental hazards than adults, we will systematically inspect children's playgrounds to ensure safe activities for children," and added, "We will strengthen safety management of children's activity spaces and actively promote related systems such as the environmental safety certification program."