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National: Meth seizure addresses

Tulsa World
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Legislation being drafted for consideration in the upcoming session would require landlords to clean homes that were once the sites of methamphetamine labs before renting out the residences.
But not all of the chemicals used in the production of meth disappear when police remove the lab. Toxic chemicals can stick to walls, appliances, ceilings, fans and almost any surface in a house, Coye said.

''This is a witch's brew deposited on the walls of houses,'' he said.

Little research has been done on the long-term, low-dose effects on the human body of chemicals used in meth labs, according to the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that such exposure can lead to cancer as well as to kidney, liver and other health problems, according to local, state and federal agencies that deal with meth labs.

The residual chemicals, some of which are carcinogenic, don't affect the human body all at once, said Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics spokesman Mark Woodward. Rather, they are akin to a slow poisoning.