Re: the recent thread about meth contamination, thought y’all might find this interesting, I picked it up off the ‘net:
If you happen to be “lucky” enough to live next door to one of these labs your life and the life of your family and neighbors is at stake. For every pound of meth produced there is 10 pounds of waste. And I mean chemical waste. This waste is being dumped into the septic systems across America or dumped in back yards so it can seep into the water source. If the person cooking is smart enough to use anhydrous amonia in their cook then the fumes alone can and will kill you before you know what hits you.
Pay attention to what is going on in your neighborhood’s people. Watch for neighbors with alot of propane tanks around, especially if the neck on the bottles has a blue tint. There is or has been anhydrous amonia in that bottle. Also five gallon or larger gas cans with hoses hanging out, glassware-mason jars or even the type you used to see in chemistry class. Also strong chemical smells or the strong amonia smell that is usually associated with cat urine. Usually you will smell these for a short period of time each day or just periodically. PAY ATTENTION!!!!!! Neighbors that come outside to smoke- clue. Alot of traffic- clue. Noticible glassware, hoses, containers- Acetone, starter fluid, red devil lye, Tolulene, camping fuel- in the trash-clue.
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Hard to imagine ingesting this stuff.
i do remember the thread and was going to throw my two cents, ...by saying if you spray the whole structure with...L.B.C. covering i think you would ensure the seeping contaniments to stay behind the L.B.C. oh yeah... means lead barrier coating. i do mostly historic restoration. and lead is a big issue. and with a couple coats of that. maybe a prelim of washing the place down with tri-sodium phosphate. although i dont know how that would react with the existing residue?? but my initial thought on that it's a water base.and any reaction would be stopped by light protective clothing.anyhow there you have two cents worth. let us know what you do. it's a pretty interesting case .....cheers ..bear
Edited 7/11/2003 7:05:41 PM ET by the bear
WOW!
Good thing that I live in the woods where nobody here can see me. I've got a few extra propane cylinders around and when you walk near the slag pile, you can notice the ammonia smell from all the kitty litter that goes out there, and just inside the door of the shop, you'll see several cans of Acetone and laquer thinner...
I better drop a dime and report myself.
;)
Excellence is its own reward!
It's been handled.
Right. Those black helicopters should be arriving anyday now. Life is too short so eat dessert first, especially if it happens to be Cookingmonster's triple cinnamon truffles or her ginger-fig caramels.
Some of the grocery stores have a list of products that they can’t sell more then two of. With out the stores computer flaging it and at which point the store call the cops. The cops have made a few bust right in the parking lot and then got search warant and found the lab.
One ring was sending some of the kid customers in to buy one of each of the products at any place that sold the stuf they needed and giving a discount on the drug to the kids that were buying products. One of the clerks thought it was strange that every day same kids need to buy more of the products that was needed to make meth every day.
With all the flammable chemicals being made up, what can make it even more hazardous? The up and coming technology now is mobile meth labs, like in the back of a uhaul or whatever. Ummm, can you say crash-and-burn?
Pro
Your right about the portable thing, someone in my area got caught cooking the sh!t in the back of his car parked in a carwash! What a maroon, when the police came, because of a complaint about the smell from the other patrons at the car wash, he drove through the closed door and got another 10 blocks before they finally got him stopped.
The freaking genius than tried to run, he didn't make it 1/2 block.
That crap must make you do some strange sh!t.
Doug