EPA releases meth lab cleanup guidelines

EPA Hits Pay Dirt with Meth-Lab Cleanup Guidelines
By Matthew Wheeland
Published October 02, 2009

I will be the first to admit that this falls pretty far outside the scope of what we normally cover here on GreenBiz.com, but I really couldn't pass this news up.

Earlier this morning I received the following announcement from the U.S. EPA:
EPA Publishes Voluntary Guidelines for Methamphetamine Laboratory Cleanup

First thought: thank goodness they're voluntary. I certainly wouldn't want to put anyone in charge of enforcing those guidelines in your neighborhood meth labs....

But upon (slightly) further thought, I realized that this is actually pretty important news. Meth is a sadly widely used drug, in part because it's cheap and easy to make, as well as having intense and long-lasting effects.
However, meth labs also use incredibly toxic chemicals in production of the drug, and here's a shocker: meth addicts are not usually your prime candidates for safe and sane manufacturing procedures.

more:

http://greenbiz.com/blog/2009/10/06/epa-hits-pay-dirt-meth-lab-cleanup-guidelines

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