New Mexico Asbestos Resources

New Mexico Asbestos Resources

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Asbestos in New Mexico

New Mexico isn’t a heavily automated state, but it does accept a amount of accessories that about accept acclimated asbestos as an basic allotment of the assembly process. The two appearance that fabricated asbestos such a broadly acclimated actuality above-mentioned to the 1980s are its blaze retardant acreage and its careful value. It is coarse and flexible, and was acclimated to covering pipes, tanks and added accessories in automated environments area calefaction was in use.

Among the a lot of arresting jobsites that accommodated this description are oil refineries, cardboard mills, actinic companies and ability plants. The astronomic works at Four Corners was congenital if asbestos was still a accepted insulation choice. The plants at San Juan and in Gallup all were complete with asbestos components. The El Paso Company’s accustomed gas accessories aswell were congenital with asbestos acclimated as a blaze retardant and for gasket actual to allowance aqueduct fittings.

New Mexico has apparent a amount of lawsuits over asbestos exposure, a lot of of which complex ability plants. It’s a continuing issue, as mesothelioma blight – acquired by asbestos – generally does not appearance affection for abounding years and even decades afterwards the asbestos acknowledgment occurred.

If you were active at any of the jobsites listed below, altercate the affair of asbestos-related bloom problems with your doctor even if you aren’t assuming any symptoms. If you accept been diagnosed with asbestosis or mesothelioma or some added asbestos-related bloom problem, allege with an accomplished advocate about the advantage that may be owed to you by asbestos companies and/or a above employer.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CTR ALBUQUERQUE NM

ALBUQUERQUE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER ALBUQUERQUE NM

AMERICAN GYPSUM ALBUQUERQUE NM

EPPSCO INC ALBUQUERQUE NM

FEDERAL BUILDING ALBUQUERQUE NM

PUBLIC SERVICE POWER ALBUQUERQUE NM

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE ALBUQUERQUE NM

LOVELACE CLINIC ALBUQUERQUE NM

PERSON STATION ALBUQUERQUE NM

REEVES POWER PLANT ALBUQUERQUE NM

SANDIA AIR FORCE BASE ALBUQUERQUE NM

STURM RODGERS ALBUQUERQUE NM

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE NM

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO - MEDICAL CENTER ALBUQUERQUE NM

ALGADONES POWER STATION ALGODONES NM

ANAPRA POWER HOUSE - EL PASO ELECTRIC ANAPRA NM

MALCO REFINERIES, INC. ARTESIA NM

NAVAJO REFINING ARTESIA NM

EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO BLOOMFIELD NM

GIANT REFINERY BLOOMFIELD NM

PLATEAU REFINERY BLOOMFIELD NM

KERR-MCGEE POTASH PLANT CARLSBAD NM

NATIONAL POTASH COMPANY CARLSBAD NM

SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE POWER PLANT CARLSBAD NM

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY CLOVIS NM

CHEVRON GAS PLANT EUNICE NM

NORTHERN NATURAL GAS PLANT EUNICE NM

CHACO CANYON GAS PLANT FARMINGTON NM

FARMINGTON INSULATION & METAL SUPPLY INC. FARMINGTON NM

FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT FARMINGTON NM

SAN JUAN POWER PLANT FARMINGTON NM

FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT FOUR CORNERS NM

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY FRUITLAND NM

FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT FRUITLAND NM

CINEZA POWER PLANT GALLUP NM

CITY POWER PLANT GALLUP NM

EL PASO NATURAL GAS - WINGATE PLANT GALLUP NM

GALLUP REFINERY GALLUP NM

GIANT REFINERY GALLUP NM

ANACONDA COPPER MINING COMPANY GRANTS NM

EL PASO NATURAL GAS BOOSTER STN. HOBBS NM

NEW MEXICO POWER & LIGHT HOBBS NM

WARREN PETROLEUM CO HOBBS NM

CHINO POWER PLANT HURLEY NM

KENNECOTT COPPER REFINERY HURLEY NM

EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO JAL NM

HAINES SEWING PLANT LAS CRUCES NM

NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES NM

NEW MEXICO STATE HOSPITAL LAS VEGAS NM

LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY LOS ALAMOS NM

ZIA COMPANY LOS ALAMOS NM

INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CO LOVING NM

TURBINE GENERATOR LOVINGTON NM

WARREN PETROLEUM CO LOVINGTON NM

SOUTHERN UNION GAS PLANT LYBROOK NM

FOUR CORNERS STEAM ELECTRIC NEW FRUITLAND NM

PLAINS ELECTRIC NUEVE NM

EL PASO NATURAL GAS OIL CENTER NM

PUBLIC SERVICE POWER HOUSE ROSWELL NM

ROSWELL INDUSTRIAL AIR CENTER ROSWELL NM

WALKER AIR FORCE BASE ROSWELL NM

NEW MEXICO PENITENTARY SANTA FE NM

EL PASO ELECTRIC - RIO GRANDE POWER SUNLAND NM

MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT TUCUMCARI NM

PHELPS DODGE COPPER TYRONE NM

SAN JUAN POWER PLANT WATERFLOW NM

WHITE SANDS MISSLE SITE WHITE SANDS NM

Deaths due to Asbestos Acknowledgment in New Mexico

Statistics on the bloom problems created by asbestos acknowledgment aren’t readily accessible above-mentioned to the mid 1990s due to the actuality that asbestos hadn’t been declared a bloom hazard and asbestos articles weren’t affected off the U.S. bazaar until the 1980s. However a analysis of afterlife certificates filed over the aeon amid 1979 and 2000 shows that there were up to 232 deaths due to asbestosis or mesothelioma in New Mexico during that period.

In 1999 the federal government began tracking mesothelioma deaths on an anniversary base beyond the country. Amid 1999 and the end of 2004 there were 81 deaths attributed to cancerous mesothelioma in New Mexico. This baleful ache will abide to be a botheration into the accountable approaching admitting the absence of new asbestos articles on the bazaar over the endure fifteen to twenty years.

Cancer Care in New Mexico

Cancer Institute of New Mexico

490-A West Zia Road

Santa Fe, NM 87505

(505) 955-7900 or

(877) 587-7900

The Institute has several beat locations:

In adjoining states:

Arizona Blight Center

University of Arizona

1515 North Campbell Avenue

P.O. Box 245024

Tucson, Arizona 85724

Tel: (520) 626-7685

Fax: (520) 626-6898

University of Colorado Blight Center

University of Colorado at Denver

13001 E. 17th Place

Aurora, Colorado 80045

Tel: (303) 724-3155

Fax: (303) 724-3162



New Mexico Asbestos Resources