25 Apr 2008 08:22:40

Tim Downie

Moved property, not feeling well?

Slightly worrying article in New Scientist for those of you living where drug labs might exist. Tim http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19826531.100-illegal-drug-labs-leave-toxic-legacy.html Illegal drug labs leave toxic legacy a.. 26 April 2008 b.. Peter Aldhous c.. Magazine issue 2653 KATRINA EVANS and her family bought their dream home in Fort Collins, Colorado, on 28 March 2003. It had bedrooms for each of the three daughters, land for a second garage in which Katrina's husband Brian could indulge his passion for classic cars, and a basement in which she would run her business of providing day care for young children. "It was exactly what we'd been looking for," Katrina says. And at $265,000, it seemed like a good deal. The mysterious health problems began soon afterwards. The eldest daughter, Brookelyn, started to have frequent nosebleeds. Her sister MaKayla's asthma flared up. And as the months passed Katrina noticed that the children she was looking after kept getting respiratory illnesses. Then came the bombshell. On 8 April 2004, Katrina got a call from a reporter who had discovered that her home had housed an illicit lab to produce the drug methamphetamine. ...