November 11, 2007 - We discovered homes can be bought and sold without the new owner ever knowing about the contamination left behind, even if the home appears to be cleaned on the surface.
"They can vacuum the carpets, they can wipe the walls down with rags, and they can spray air freshener in the house or apartment. You can walk in and never know there was a meth lab in there at one time. But if they were to see the pictures we took when we were there, people would be shocked," Narcotics Task Force Commander Curtis Spiers said.
Spiers says when police raid meth homes, they dismantle the lab and haz-mat teams remove the chemicals. But some problems are hiding beneath the surface.
"An actual methamphetamine in a vapor form is actually released during the chemical process. It goes into the walls, the ventilation system; the ventilation system circulates it through the house. This stuff in and of itself is dangerous," Spiers said.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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