Meth lab clean up funds in Kansas have ended, according to a report by the Associated Press. With $270,000 of its $313,000 budget cut, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has decided to end the clean up program. Funding that remains in the Clandestine Drug Lab Response program will now be spent on closing the operation.
According to the report, the program responded to 170 clean up requests from law enforcement, last year. Private contractors, who were hired to removed the highly toxic and volatile chemicals from the site, cost the state between $1,100 to $1,300 each – a cost that the state now says it can no longer afford to do.
Source: Kansas City Star, 7/17/09, http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1330804.htm
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