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US NE: Did That Cute Home Have A Meth Lab?

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n181/a06.html
Newshawk: Doug McVay http://www.csdp.org/
Pubdate: Wed, 26 Jan 2005
Source: Omaha World-Herald (NE)
Copyright: 2005 Omaha World-Herald Company
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Website: http://www.omaha.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/320
Author: Martha Stoddard, World-Herald Bureau
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

DID THAT CUTE HOME HAVE A METH LAB?

LINCOLN - Home buyers and renters should be told if the charming 3BR ranch w/fireplace that caught their eye also harbors hazardous leftovers from methamphetamine manufacturing, state legislators were told Tuesday.

Without such warnings, parents could unwittingly put themselves and their children in danger from the many chemicals used in cooking up a batch of meth, State Sen.  Ray Aguilar of Grand Island told the Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee.

With required warnings, property owners would have reason to thoroughly clean up meth-related hazards before trying to rent or sell, he said.

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