 There is a growing epidemic occurring all around us. It may even be affecting you or people you know. For years, people have worried about their teenagers activities. The question of “is my kid doing drugs” is something that many parents of teens ask themselves. Now many parents however wonder about their 2 year old toddler or newborn baby. How about the pre-school kid or elementary children. How about themselves? Okay, by now you may be wondering where this is coming from. Who could ever wonder about having meth in their system if they have never done drugs? The answer is MANY PEOPLE have meth in their systems without ever doing drugs themselves. This is because they moved into a home or apartment that at some point in the past a prior resident used or worse, cooked meth in the home and contaminated it. Meth contamination is not something that goes away on it’s own. It does not biodegrade. It does not lesson in potential risk over a few years. In fact since it is chemical based, even waiting 50 years will not make it go away. The only way to make the problems go away is to remove it and have the home tested to make sure it is safe to occupy again.
Doing a simple search on the internet for stories of families affected by meth contamination and how they had no idea the home they purchased had such a history is a scary thing. This is why many real estate agents are now requiring testing for meth contamination be done to homes their clients are putting offers on as condition of the sale. Knowing up front if that home you are buying is safe as far a meth contamination goes is one of the most important things you may do when putting together an offer to buy. Many states are now requiring disclosure of such things but those are just a hand full of states. That disclosure is to be done by the owner of the home. The problem is that many of them know little to nothing about the actual history of the home. In the case of rental properties and foreclosures there is even less information about this. The Drug Enforcement Administration keeps a national registry that logs known contaminated homes which law enforcement has reported. While this is great for the few they register, it in no way is a even close to accurate list to go off of. Saying that since a home is not on the list it is safe, is just like saying since only one person got a ticket today on Main Street, that all the other drivers obeyed every law. There are thousands of meth labs for each one that has been busted and an estimated 10 or more users from each home meth lab that have most likely contaminated the homes they live in by smoking meth in those homes. This is a real problem that needs real solutions. The best solution is to test before moving into a home, before buying it, before renting it and the like. If a problem is found, you then can know what it takes to fix the problem and make decisions based on that. The best deal you can make sometimes is by walking away from a problem instead of buying it. Likewise, if you find a problem and it gets fixed, you can move in knowing you have a safe place for your family to live. Feel free to contact us for more information on how we can help. From testing services to decontamination and cleaning up of meth homes, labs and more, Mojave Corporation is here for you. Mojave Corporaiton www.cleaningupmeth.com 800-756-5929
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