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1. Welcome
Meth Testing Course
Taught by Kameron Thorne & Mark
Shepard of Apple Environmental

2. Sponsors

3. Why Are We Teaching This Course
1. Education is of Vital Importance
a. C.E. Courses
b. Business Planning Courses
c. There are a lot of Dirty Homes
d. Too Many People Testing Improperly
2. Decontamination Specialist vs. Home
Inspector
3. Third Party Testing

4. Agenda
1. What is Meth
2. Social Effects of Meth
3. Physical Effects of Meth
4. Signs
5. Testing
6. State Requirements
7. How Does a Meth Home Get Cleaned
8. How to Recommend a Good Contractor
9. How to Use this Information in Your Business

5. All of Us Are Business Owners
• None of us earn money until we make a sale.
• All of us are involved in Real Estate in one way
or the other.
• We are all trying to earn more profit.

6. What is Methamphetamine?
• Simple Answer: Meth is a powerfully addictive
stimulant that affects the central nervous
system.
• Meth is the most addictive drug out there.
Most users are addicted after the first try.
• Other names are: Meth, Speed, Chalk, Crystal,
Ice, Crank and Glass.

7. Effects

8. Effects

9. Symptoms in Humans
• Severe Depression
• Anorexia
• Psychotic Behavior
• Hallucinations (visual, auditory)
• Paranoia
• Delusions
• Suicidal Tendencies

10. Effects of Methamphetamine
• Increased Energy: Was given to soldiers in WWI and WWII
• Decreases Appetite: Was prescribed to obese patients.
• Temporary Increased Sense of Worth
• After the Effects wear off, most become agitated and many become violent.
• Feeling of Not Belonging, Not Caring, Lack of Trust
• Everyone Out to Get Them
• Destroys Enamel on Teeth
• Destroys the Brain. Similar to Degenerative Brain Diseases
• Meth is a “Home Wrecker”
• Cancer. Effects the lungs, heart, brain, liver.
• Shutting Down of Liver
• Prison
• Divorce (nearly 100%)
• Abuse (child & spouse)
• Destroys Home

11. People Stop Caring

12. Ingredients
Yummy! Delicious!
• Alcohol • Lye
• Gasoline Additives • Drain Cleaner
• Muriatic Acid
• Ether Starting Fluid • Battery Acid
• Benzene • Lithium from Batteries
• Paint Thinner • Sodium Metal
• Freon • Ephedrine
• Acetone • Cold Tablets
• Diet Aids
• Camp Stove Fuel • Iodine
• Ammonia • Bronchodilators
• Red Phosphorous • Phenyl Acetone

13. Meth

14. FACTS
• Meth now effects one in 10 families. Huge
epidemic.
• Before the meth laws were enacted in
2004, nearly 10% of all homes in Salt Lake
County had meth contamination of some sort.
• Apartments complexes have higher
percentages of contamination than homes.
(especially apartments that share air systems)

15. What Does a Meth House Look Like?

16. How Do I Know if a Home is
Contaminated?
• The only sure way to know if a home is contaminated is by doing a wipe
test and send it through a lab.
• Most of the time meth is odorless.
• While it is being cooked, it has a smell almost like burning plastic.
1. Yellowish discolorations on walls, drains, sinks and showers.
2. Bluish discolorations of faucets, fire extinguishers, propane tank valves.
3. Fire Detectors are removed or have tape over them.
4. Burning in eyes, itchy throat, metallic taste in the mouth, breathing
problems in the home.
5. Strong solvent odors, odors of cat urine or ammonia.
6. Bleach stains on carpet.
7. Dark stains in sinks (yellow, purple or red)
8. Burn piles in the yard
9. Appearance of not caring.
10. Talk to the neighbors

17. Signs of Meth Home

18. Meth Lab Signs

19. Why Test for Meth?
• Nearly 10% of the homes on the Wasatch Front are
contaminated.
• Even higher percentage in Condos, Apartments.
• Meth is found in every neighborhood and doesn’t
discriminate based on social and economic
circumstances.
• Avoid contamination of personal property.
• Personal & Family Safety.
• Personal & Financial Liability
• Avoid renovating twice. (See following pics)
• Increase revenue

20. Why Test?
Before After

21. Why Test?
Before After

22. Why Test?
Before After

23. Testing

24. Where to Test
Cold Air Return Furnace Cold Air

25. Where to Test
Furnace

26. Furnace

27. Heat Vent

28. Near Bathroom Vent or
Microwave Vent

29. Wall Tests

30. State Requirement
• In the state of Utah, the test results must
come in under 1 microgram per 100
centimeters squared.
• The equivalent of one aspirin spread evenly
across one football field.
• What this means is that the owner does not
legally have to disclose the facts if the home
tests under the state standard.

31. State Regulations Perspective

32. Bad News!

33. Interpreting Lab Results
• Presented by Paul Pope of ALS Labs.

35. How Does a Meth Home Get Cleaned?
• In the past it was extremely expensive to
repair…
• All porous materials must be thrown away.
(sofa, carpets, blinds, insulated
ducts, mattresses, ceiling tiles, unprotected
wood)
• In most cases the ducts, HVAC
units, appliances are able to be
decontaminated.
• Homes need to be decontaminated through
proper protocols and elbow grease.

36. Recommending a Contractor
• Licensed and Insured
• Valid Utah Decontamination Specialist License
www.superfund.utah.gov/docs/ContractorList.pdf
• Full Decontamination Including Ducts &
Furnace
• Use Safe, Non-toxic, Non-corrosive Product to
Decontaminate
• Guarantee Their Work

37. Questions?

38. Thank You for Attending
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