Environmental Toxins: Meth Toxins Leave Family Homeless

Cindy Wilson was thrilled to find a small house on Lawrenceburg Road in Ohio. She always had wanted to live in the country: "I had always heard my grandma telling stories about the farm she grew up on,” Wilson said. “It sounded perfect.” However, Wilson's dreams were shattered after neighbors told her that a former tenant of the house had used the house to make methamphetamine. The chemicals used to make methamphetamines are so toxic that police raiding meth labs wear environmental suits to protect themselves.

Meth toxins leave family homeless

All three of Wilson's children are sick after having lived in the house for the last few months and Wilson, who is seven months pregnant, is concerned about her baby's fate. Ronald Heid, the home's owner, says he had no idea his former tenant had used the house to make methamphetamines. "I still don't know what's happening," he said. The house was condemned in April and it is unknown if it will ever be safe to live in again. Chemicals used to make methamphetamine include anhydrous ammonia, mercury, iodine, starter fluid, ethers, and several acids.