Recent Test Found Asbestos In Some Crayons

NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) – Parents buying school supplies for grammar schoolers might want to avoid Playskool crayons. The brand, sold at Dollar Tree, was found to have trace elements of asbestos.“The good news is that when we were testing three years ago, all sorts of brands came back with asbestos,” said Kara Cook-Schultz, toxics director at U.S. Public Interest Research Group, which conducts annual tests of toys and school supplies. “Now it’s just this one.”