METH LAB CLEANUP

Environmental Mitigation Services Inc. is a Properly Licensed Meth Contractor in the State of California. If it has been brought to your attention that a property that you may own has been quarantined, EMS can help.

EMS is a Premier Environmental Mitigation Contractor with years of experience in dealing with the County’s Environmental Health Services and Certified Industrial Hygienists involved in the clean-up process due to “meth” contamination 

Methamphetamine (Meth) Drug Lab Clean Up

Typically after a lab is discovered by law enforcement, the bulk of any lab related debris, such as chemicals and containers, are removed. However, it is possible a small amount of contamination is left on surfaces and in absorbent materials (carpets, furniture sinks,drains and ventilation systems). Though found in small amounts, Meth lab contaminants may pose health threats to people who are exposed to them.

Environmental Mitigation Services Inc  believes it is in the best interest of the client to hire a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH). The CIH works directly with the client and provides a Preliminary Site Assessment Report (PSA Report) for EMS to follow. When the work is complete the CIH will provide post testing to assure the traces of Meth have been removed.

To provide meth lab clean up, contracting companies must be Hazwop Certified.

Common waste materials typically include toxic vapors (such as anhydrous ammonia and phosgene) corrosive acids and bases, flammable solvents, reactive chemicals, the final synthesized methamphetamine drug product itself.  It is widely accepted that abandoned chemical products and/or drug synthesis products/residues may also present significant health risks and hazards to individuals through, potential explosions and exposures to surface residues and/or hazardous vapors when entering or unknowingly occupying a residence or an area previously used to manufacture and store such materials.   Based on such concerns, the California State Legislature has enacted and written into law the “Methamphetamine Contaminated Property Cleanup Act of 2005”. This law was proposed under Assembly Bill (AB) 1078, signed by our State Governor, and is codified under Chapter 6.9.1 Section 25400.10, Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code (Regulatory Standard).  Under this current law, specific requirements have been established in the assessment and mitigation of properties found to be contaminated by the manufacture, conversion, and/or storage of  methamphetamine.  This law also contains very strict cleanup standards and disclosure requirements wherein information relative to the existence of a methamphetamine synthesis laboratory must be disclosed by the owners (in writing) to the purchasers and/or tenants of properties contaminated by illegal methamphetamine synthesis activities.  (Civil codes 1102.18 and 1940.7.5, Chapter 466, SB189)

EMS has a great deal of experience in the cleanup of residences and properties contaminated by the manufacture, storage, and use of methamphetamine.  In fact, EMS recently performed the cleanup of the largest meth bust in US History where over 850 pounds of purified crystal meth was discovered in an upscale townhouse located in northern California.