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Meth’s Pollution Epedemic.
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- Author(s): Potera, Carol
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Environmental Health Perspectives. Sep2005, Vol. 113 Issue 9, pA 589-A 589. 2/3p. 1 Color Photograph.
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This article reports on the finding that methamphetamine (meth) is the largest drug problem and an environmental hazard in the United States. Illicit drug makers can cook small batches of meth anywhere they can plug in a stove, microwave, or electric skillet. The ingredients include common cold medicines, ammonia fertilizer, and muriatic acid. Cooking generates a variety of noxious solvents and gases, such as hydrogen chloride, phosphine, and meth itself. More research is needed to determine the best ways to clean up meth laboratories. A health-based standard for meth residues on building surfaces is needed to determine which properties need remediation and when a property has been adequately cleaned.
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