Dirty Meth

This is an article that i thought was very relivant to our nature pond study that we had last week. When jay was talking about drainage and run offs and someone made a comment about the fish and prozac it reminded me of this article i read a while ago. I will be the first to admit that i dont know much about the enviornment but now that im in this class i find myself thinking about it alot more so the things that i do know about im able to make comparisons with and its allowing me to see the long term effects that this stuff is making on the earth. most of us contribute to the pollutioning of the earth in so many ways that its dying right befor our eyes and were still in denail about it . They say that knowing is half the battle and this is just one of the many ways that we are harming the world and our children. The source of this article is the AFC news . Michael Edwards

Dirty Meth
KPIX-TV (San Francisco): 9/12/02KXTV-TV (Sacramento): 4/26/02

"Illegal and highly toxic meth labs are showing up in suburban California neighborhoods.
California accounts for 85-percent of total U.S. methamphetamine production. Once relegated to rural areas, meth labs are now showing up in more and more suburban areas, crossing economic and social boundaries. According to the Department of Toxic Substances Control, Contra Costa County has become a hotbed of meth production in Northern California, with more than one hundred labs seized each year since 1998. That adds up to a major environmental and health hazard."

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