Ocean Beach, in Bluff, was closed on Tuesday by Environment Southland for staff from Southern Insulation to do a specialist clean-up of asbestos on the beach area. Bluff's Ocean Beach was closed on Tuesday so a specialist clean-up of asbestos fragments could be carried out. Contractor Tracy Singson, of PDP, said five staff wore protective clothing to pick up small pieces of asbestos lodged between the rocks. READ MORE:* Asbestos found at Hokitika's Sunset Point after council encouraged dumping* No indication of when contaminated Timaru coastal walkway will reopen* Uncertain future for Southland's Ocean Beach* Public warned to stay away from Southland beach after asbestos found buried nearbyThe beach was closed for the day by Environment Southland. It was thought coastal erosion caused what could be a former landfill site to spill asbestos on to the foreshore beneath the old Ocean Beach Freezing Works site.

Source: Stuff December 17, 2019 02:26 UTC