EPA and Health Department guidance about meth labs leaves mother of infant with unanswered questions

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Seeking guidance about meth labs from the EPA and her local and state health departments has left the mother of a 6 month-old-infant with unanswered questions. “I am currently living in a leased home that has a strange pervasive odor – its smells like a mix of smoke/wet drywall/chemical type odor.  The home has been …..Read More

New Zealand Renters Believe Health Problems Caused By Neighbors Methlab

New Zealand Renter Sickened by Neighbors Meth Lab

Doctors couldn’t explain why Shanelle Borlase, a New Zealand renter, was suffering from so many health problems, despite a slew of medical tests. All that Shanelle could tell them is that she began having health problems about two months after she moved in to her new apartment. “At the beginning I suffered from absence of …..Read More

Are dark stains on window frames and illness signs of a former meth lab ?

“We moved into a rental home 7 weeks ago and it had been renovated. It began smelling like stale smoke once the new paint smell wore off and we asked the property manager if the previous tenants had smoked. He admitted yes. He said they trashed the place and left and that the property was …..Read More

Michigan judge offers deal to meth cook if he pays for clean up of rented home

A Michigan judge has ordered Ray Robinson, 51, from Alma, to pay his landlords more than $20,000 for contaminating their house with meth lab chemicals, in return for a delayed sentence. Robinson’s $21,000 methlab cleanup bill includes the cost of removing meth lab contamination from the home’s HVAC system and replacing other items in the …..Read More

Jacksonville Florida: Meth lab explodes in Park Place apartment building

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Jacksonville, Florida:  On Tuesday night, nearly two dozen residents had to leave their Park Place Apartment homes in Jacksonville, after a meth lab exploded on the second floor in an back apartment located at the  7541 S. Habersham Circle complex. Luckily, no one was injured by the blast, although the whereabouts of the couple who …..Read More

Evansville, Indiana: Dogs warn families about meth lab house explosion and fire

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Evansville, Indiana:  A meth lab explosion, that caught two homes on fire and damaged two others at about 1 a.m. Sunday morning, came as a surprise to residents of Stinson Avenue. One of those neighbors, whose home at 1711 Stinson Ave caught on fire, told reporters that his dog’s barks woke he and his wife …..Read More

Northampton MA meth lab raises questions about clean up standards

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Northampton, Massachusetts: Who’s responsible for the cost of meth lab clean up in a state that doesn’t have clean up standards? According to the city of Northampton, who posted a quarantine notice on the apartment building of Patricia Gantes, it’s the property owner.  According to Patricia Gantes, who owns a home that was contaminated by …..Read More

Landlords fall victim to meth cooks

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Landlords, like other homeowners, have become the victims of meth cooks.  Meth lab cooks who rent homes can burn down the property owners home or contaminate the building with toxic chemicals. Property that has been contaminated by meth lab chemicals can cost a property owner anywhere from five thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars; …..Read More

Franklin Ohio meth lab explosion and fire kills three men

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Franklin Ohio meth lab fire and explosion destroys rental home and the lives of three men who were cooking meth in the basement. Dental records reveal identity of victims.

Utah meth lab law didn’t protect their babies

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Utah meth lab law left Rachel and Adam Spencer and their babies unprotected from the health and financial consequences of renting a contaminated meth lab home. They say the heartache and suffering that they have been through could have been prevented for $45. This is their story. When Rachel and Adam Spencer rented an apartment …..Read More