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Signs of a meth lab in your community:

Lots of traffic, people stopping at house for only a few minutes, day and night.

Small items stolen from many neighborhood yards.

Residents secretive and don't try to get to know neighbors.

Unusual, strong odors, similar to cat urine, ammonia and fingernail polish remover.

Residence's windows blacked out.

Renters who pay their landlords in cash.

Excessive trash on property, including large amounts of such items as antifreeze containers, lantern fuel cans, red chemically stained coffee filters, drain cleaner and duct tape.

Unusual amounts of clear glass containers brought into the home.

Unusual smoking habits such as constantly smoking outside avoiding flammable chemicals.

If you believe any of these listed warning signs are frequent in your community,

call your local police.

-provided by Meth Free Alliance

What does meth use have to do with the environment?

The process in which the creation of meth takes place is in a meth lab. A meth lab can operate for years, causing a serious health hazard for you and your family. It can appear anywhere, without notice and you might never know about it - until it is too late. Meth can be produced in as few as 6-9 hours using appartus and cookware that can be dismantled rapidly and stored or relocated to avoid detection. What is often behind large amounts of highly toxic waste which gets dumped in your back yards, back alleys and back roads. Poisonous gases from a lab can contaminate the homes or places they are cooked in and cause you serious harm.

What are the Hazards?

Through the meth cooking process, gasses and other toxic combination are produced including:

Phosphorous - Inhalation of phosphine gas is lethal

Ethyl Ether Hazards - Colorless liquid with anesthetic odor, highly flammable, vapors can cause respiratory distress and death

Anhydrous Hazards - Colorless gas, vapors can cause respiratory distress and death, liquid can cause skin burns

Hydrogen Chloride Hazards - Colorless gas, causes sever burns to throat and lungs, inhalation can be fatal

Lithium Hazards - Extremely dangerous in contact with moisture or water, may ignite spontaneously in air

These are just a portion of the many hazardous vapors produced during the meth cooking process. This can be happening in your neighborhood virtually undetected. Only together can we can we become part of the solution and rid our communities of these hazardous labs

-provided by Meth Free Alliance