Squatters Leave Meth Cleanup Bill Of $100K-Sacramento, CA

[fed-up]

not my house-for those that have followed my story

the cost to clean these toxic properties is very expensive
how dare they allow houses to be rented or sold without making sure they are cleaned up (this goes for meth lab busts that occured prior to 2006 in Calif)
at least this property owner is doing the right thing and having it torn down and cleaned up
I still would never buy even a "cleaned" former meth lab property-did this company check the soil?

I still have not resolved my situation of buying a home that had a nondisclosed meth lab in the large shed
watching the video is givng me panic, anxiety attacks all over again

video of the news story here
http://www.my58.com/video/15728277/index.html

http://www.kcra.com/news/15728019/detail.html
Hagginwood Homeowner Gets Sick

POSTED: 6:20 pm PDT March 27, 2008
UPDATED: 7:22 pm PDT March 27, 2008

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Squatters cooking methamphetamine left a homeowner with $100,000 in cleanup costs.

Toxic fumes penetrated the walls, floor and ceiling, and the entire house had to be gutted.

The small house in a Hagginwood neighborhood is sealed and warning signs are posted.

..snip

"Things migrated into the porous structures -- such as the linoleum, the drywall, the carpet, the drapes, the furniture -- such as iodine, hydronic acid, sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid -- those have a tendency to become evolved into that atmosphere over time, particularly during times when it becomes heated," Jerry Bucklin with Network Environmental said.

[thunder rising]

1. They are just good entrepreneurs ... I mean look at coal mining, logging, oil drilling

externalizing the cost to keep the prices down ... we're in a global economy ya'know

[MannyGoldstein]

2. They Should Consider Themselves Lucky

If The Clintons campaign squatted, they'd have skipped town leaving a much larger bill!