Meth Lab and Fentanyl Cleanup

Advanced Biohazard Cleanup

A reliable and proven decontamination solution and the world’s most advanced applicators.

A History of Clean

ZeroMold’s Meth decontamination system, developed more than a decade ago and used to decontaminate federal office buildings and mailrooms during the 2001 anthrax attacks, is now being used to decontaminate illegal methamphetamine labs.

Renders chemical and biological agents harmless

The meth cleanup problem is a big one. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Clandestine Meth Lab registry lists thousands of locations in the U.S. where law enforcement agencies have found chemicals or paraphernalia indicating the presence of either clandestine drug laboratories or dumpsites.

According to the Department of Justice, the chemicals used to cook meth and the byproducts from its manufacture, produce toxic fumes, vapors and residues. The report said anyone exposed to these byproducts, especially children, could suffer short- and long-term health problems. Prolonged exposure to meth byproducts may cause cancer; damage the brain, liver, kidney, spleen and immunologic system; and result in birth defects.

Many Methods Don't Work

Many cleaning methods don’t remove methamphetamine and the chemicals used to produce it. Incompletely or improperly cleaned surfaces, such as floors, countertops and drywall, can remain contaminated for months or even years, even after many cleanups.

Our decontamination formulation includes a collection of mild, non toxic and non corrosive chemicals found in common household products. It contains both surfactants, which lift agents off a surface, and mild oxidizers, which break down the agent’s molecules into nontoxic pieces that can be washed down a household drain like detergent or dish soap.

Our Formulation leaves meth non-detectable

In experiments from a few years ago, experts on the effects of meth exposure on children, compared the effectiveness of common cleaners, such as detergent and bleach, on methamphetamine cleanup. The experiments showed that, after cleaning with ZeroMold’s Meth Decontamination System, the methamphetamine present on tested surfaces was likely oxidized to another compound and was non-detectable.

Thorough and Detailed Meth Cleanup

During structure remediation with ZeroMold, a remediation crew removes everything from the structure, including carpets and drapes, until the house is stripped bare except for the fixtures.

The crew mixes the Cleaning solution on site and sprays the foam on walls, ceilings and floors. The foam expands to about 15 times its liquid volume through a special nozzle that draws air into the spray, allowing it to reach contamination in crevices and in the air. In an hour, it collapses back to a liquid. Using only fresh water, rags and sponges, the crew then removes the benign residue from all surfaces.

Meth Testing

After the site is cleaned, an independent industrial hygienist tapes off a sample area in the cleaned structure and takes a number of swipe samples appropriate for the location size. The samples are treated as evidence, a formal chain of custody is established and they are taken to an independent lab. The lab runs the samples through a mass spectrometer to determine the level of contamination.

Advantages...Lower Costs

In most instances, our cleaning system reduces the levels to .02 μg/100 square cm (microgram/sq. cm) or less, which is considered non-detectable.

The Cleaning formula is more expensive than other cleaners, but it saves greatly on labor costs and lab costs because other cleaning solutions usually require more than one cleaning, with a larger crew doing the cleaning and with costly sampling taking place in between cleanings.

Another advantage of this cleanup method, is that some other methods are destructive or use more corrosive substances and the resulting chemical residues are themselves toxic. Our Cleaning System is rendered non-hazardous and non-toxic, requiring only a surface wipe when finished.