![]() The New Mexico State Legislature adopted the NESHAP regulations (20 NMAC 2.78) for asbestos control in New Mexico. Environmental Protection Agency revised the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) to include asbestos. Primary diseases associated with the inhalation of asbestos fibers are asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. ![]() ![]() These studies and epidemiological investigations have demonstrated that breathing asbestos dust (fibers) and/or ingesting asbestos is a health hazard. Adverse health effects associated with asbestos exposure have been extensively studied for many years. Asbestos is common in the state, but the presence of asbestos may not be a problem provided that it is not disturbed and fibers are not released into the air. Asbestos containing construction materials were used throughout the nation and naturally occurring asbestos has been reported in at least sixteen different New Mexican mining districts. Almost everyone is exposed to asbestos, in some form and to some degree, every day. ![]() It has been used in over 3000 different products such as textiles, paper, ropes, wicks, stoves, filters, floor tiles, roofing shingles, clutch facings, water pipe, cements, fillers, felt, fireproof clothing, gaskets, battery boxes, clapboard, wallboard, fire doors, fire curtains, insulation, brake linings, etc.Īsbestos may be found almost everywhere. Asbestos is a common fibrous rock found worldwide which has been used in various products for over 4500 years. ![]()
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