FED:Meth labs pose toxic risk to community

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2010
FED:Meth labs pose toxic risk to community

Scientists are warning the manufacturing of illegal drugs has a toxic and largely hidden
impact on the Australian community.

They say temporary labs set up in flats or rented houses produce chemical waste that
poses a poisoning and even cancer risk to future residents and those living nearby.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment also says the labs are
routinely shifted and leave a trail of potentially toxic properties.

The Centre says New Zealand authorities have recently moved to tear down several houses
where drugs had been made because they're deemed too hazardous for anyone to live in.

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KEYWORD: METH (SYDNEY)

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