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Flood-Related Public Service Announcement For Asbestos
Cleanup after flooding often involves removing ceilings, wallboard, insulation, flooring and other materials if they were soaked. But those materials may contain asbestos-particularly from older buildings - get it tested first.
Asbestos can cause many negative health effects.
If your home contains asbestos and any of these materials have been damaged or will be disturbed during cleanup, talk to local public health authorities, and follow these tips:
Only homeowners and licensed Abatement Contractors are allowed to remove asbestos containing materials.
Removed materials should be handled while still wet or damp, double-bagged and labeled, and transported to an approved landfill.
Wear gloves, a respirator, and disposable suit, which are all available at home centers.
Avoid activities that will generate dust, such as sweeping or vacuuming debris that may contain asbestos or lead.
If you have ever been exposed to asbestos
directly or indirectly, you may need an attorney specializing in
the field of Asbestos and Asbestos related litigiation. Contact
an Asbestos Lawyer in New Mexico now and obtain a free case review!
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There are standards mandated to separate Asbestos Regulated Areas
The employer must establish and set apart a regulated area wherever airborne concentrations of asbestos and/or presumed asbestos-containing material exceed the PEL and/or EL. Only authorized
personnel may enter regulated areas. All persons entering a regulated area must be supplied with and are required to an appropriate respirator.
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Definition: Possessing the properties of asbestos. Minerals of specific chemical compositions can
have asbestiform varieties that are fibrous in nature (e.g., crocidolite and amosite are the asbestiform
varieties of the amphibole minerals, reibeckite and grunerite; tremolite and actinolite may be either
asbestiform or nonasbestiform)
Tremolite
Definition: Tremolite may occur in fibrous form (an asbestos). It is not used commercially in the United States, but is a common impurity in chrysotile asbestos and vermiculite mined from deposits in Libby, Montana.
Minimal Risk Level (MRL)
Definition: An estimate of daily human exposure to a hazardous substance that is
likely to be without an appreciable risk of adverse noncancer health effects over a specified route and
duration of exposure.
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