Environmental Hazards from Methamphetamine Production

"Illicit production of methamphetamine may involve hazardous materials that are toxic, corrosive, flammable, or explosive. Such materials include anhydrous ammonia, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, red phosphorous, lithium metal, sodium metal, iodine, and toluene. Upon discovery, the hazardous materials contained at clandestine drug laboratory locations are classified and managed as hazardous wastes."

Source

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Methamphetamine Initiative: Final Environmental Assessment, US Dept. of Justice, May, 2003

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