Are You Living In a Former Meth House?
Our partners at Fox2 have compiled a list to help you protect yourself.
Did you just buy a home, or are you renting in the St. Louis or Jefferson County area?
You could be living in an old meth house. Our partners at Fox2 have compiled an online database and a map to help you protect yourself. Officials say invisible toxins from meth-making threaten people long after the drug bust.
Police say every crevasse of a home contains the toxins related to meth, including the curtains, walls and air registers. They added that there is no standard practice for cleaning old meth houses.
Read more from our partners at Fox2: FOX FILES: Are You Living In An Old Meth House?
Stephen D
10:17 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
An important issue for sure. Question: Aren't realtors and/or sellers legally required to divulge if a home has been used in meth production? I thought a law addressing that had been passed a few years ago.
Second, I thought there were ways of truly cleaning a structure of the remains of meth. From what the article states, there really isn't.
If these homes/trailers/apartments can't be cleaned to a common standard (and signed off by a city or state health department), then these properties must simply be destroyed. Otherwise, the governing authorities are permitting the sale of toxic properties to unsuspecting citizens and should be sued to kingdom come. If the homes must be demolished, perhaps sleazy landlords will be more vigilant about whom they rent to. Any realtor or seller who knowingly pawns off an old meth house to unsuspecting buyers should be imprisoned, no exception.