The scene of a methamphetamine lab is often more dangerous to clean up then an accident or homicide scene. This is because of the toxic residue that can is a result of the chemicals used to create meth, such as:

• acetone
• methanol
• ammonia
• benzene
• iodine
• hydrochloric acid

All of these leave a toxic residue that coats and infuses every surface and stays in the air. Most of these poisonous substances are absorbed through the skin, making a meth lab one of the most dangerous places a person can walk into.

Exposure to a meth lab can cause:

• reproductive disorders
• birth defects
• blindness
• lung damage
• liver damage
• kidney damage

Meth labs have been discovered in hotel and motel rooms, restaurants, barns, private homes and apartments, storage facilities, fields, vacant buildings and (moving or stationary) vehicles. A minimum of 5 to 7 pounds of chemical waste are produced for each pound of meth manufactured. Even after the lab is shut down by law enforcement, the scene remains toxic indefinitely unless it's properly cleaned -- an apartment that housed a meth lab can make its tenants sick a decade after the lab has been removed.

Proper clean-up of a meth lab involves disposing of everything porous and everything that can't be submerged in detoxification chemicals (several times). Garner Environmental Services’ trained professionals have the equipment and cleaners necessary to remove the residue left behind from these meth labs and to dispose of everything can’t be decontaminated.