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Emergency personnel on Tuesday
morning evacuated a one-mile radius around the site, about two miles north of
the Santa Teresa port of entry on the Mexican border, after the release of
unidentified chemicals caused workers to suffer difficulty breathing,
light-headedness, nausea and dizziness.
Twenty to 45 people treated at a Santa Teresa High shelter were later released,
and three people who went on their own to an El Paso
An
Albuquerque-based civil support team from the New Mexico National Guard headed
to Santa Teresa to try to identify the hazardous materials and their source.
The investigation initially centered
on the Foamex plant, which produces flexible polyurethane foam products, but
other areas were also checked.
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