All 378 Children's Play Facilities in Gyeonggi-do Test Negative for Parasites

The Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment is collecting samples to check for parasites in the sand of children's playgrounds within the province.

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Parasites (eggs) were not detected at all in the flooring material (sand) of 378 children's playground facilities in Gyeonggi Province.

On the 20th, the Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment announced that as a result of investigating the presence of parasites (eggs) in the flooring material (sand) of 378 children's playground facilities such as elementary school playgrounds and children's parks in the province from January to October, no parasites (eggs) were detected in any of the facilities.

The Institute explained that safe children's play spaces have been maintained through continuous management by city and county governments to prevent sand contamination, including periodic sand disinfection and replacement, and installation of fences to prevent wild animals.

The Institute plans to expand environmental hazard inspections not only for playground facilities with sand flooring but also for those using synthetic rubber, synthetic resin, and other materials as flooring in the future.

The nonconformity rates for parasite (egg) inspections over the past five years have shown a decreasing trend: ▲4.5% in 2018 ▲2.2% in 2019 ▲1.3% in 2020 ▲0% in 2021.

Seong Yeon-guk, head of the Air Environment Research Department at the Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment, emphasized, "As inspections of environmental hazards in children's activity spaces are strengthened, we will continuously check compliance with environmental safety management standards in various activity spaces to ensure that children can play healthily and safely."

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