Symptoms of poisoning from contamination can include nausea, rash, coughing, headaches, burning and watery eyes, dizziness, fatigue and tremors.作者: NewLynnHse 时间: 2014-1-14 22:12:55
Why is a meth contaminated property bad for your health?
Some of the chemicals used to manufacture meth, the gases that penetrate the fabric of a building and the chemicals that are poured down drains and into gardens are highly toxic.
The cooking process itself produces new organic chemicals (those typically associated with cancer) that are poorly understood by scientists. The long term effect of these chemicals will only be known once the people exposed to them start to evidence unusual health effects.
Short term, acute health effects, can be asthma like symptoms, breathing difficulties, skin rashes, eye irritations, head-aches and nausea. As some people are more sensitive than others, one member of a family may be entirely unaffected while another suffers horrendous skin rashes.
Long term health effects can include chronic fatigue, diseases of the central nervous system, circulatory system, strokes and cancer.作者: NewLynnHse 时间: 2014-1-14 22:13:48
HOBANZ Member Case study – we have one member who bought a property in the Bay of Plenty who knows only too well the consequences of buying a meth lab contaminated property.
The house they bought was known by the Council to have been a former meth lab. Unfortunately they only found this out after they had bought the property. And, this only came to light as they were an employee of the Council at the time. When the matter was raised with Council, the advice they gave was to sell the property.
As the position regarding provision of information to prospective purchasers of property is somewhat grey, this was perhaps good logical advice. From a moral and ethical standpoint, it is reprehensible.
The member chose not to take this advice and decided to decontaminate the property. The cost to them has been enormous. They now have cancer which has been linked to chemical exposure they have suffered and they are $200,000 worse off.作者: NewLynnHse 时间: 2014-1-14 22:14:25
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As the response of insurance companies to claims for cleanup of meth labs is uncertain, it is advisable to closely check the policy wording. Where cover is provided, unless the property burns down, cover is typically capped at between $25 to 50,000. These limits of cover need to be considered in light of the likely costs shown in Figure 3.
