METH LABS HAVE LIFE-THREATENING RISKS

Signs of a meth lab:

- - Access denied to landlords, neighbours, other visitors.

- - Purchases and payments in cash.

- - Covering or blacking out of windows.

- - Unusual traffic and activities, such as excessive night traffic.

- - Burn pits, stained soil or dead vegetation indicating dumping of
chemicals/ waste.

- - Packaging from over-the-counter ephedrine or pseudoephedrine cold pills.

- - Empty containers from antifreeze white gas, ether, starting fluids, freon,
lye or drain openers, paint thinner, acetone, or alcohol.

- - Compressed gas cylinders or camp stove (Coleman) fuel containers.

- - Packaging from Epsom salts or rock salts.

- - Anhydrous ammonia tanks; propane tanks or coolers containing anhydrous
ammonia.

- - Pyrex/glass/Corning containers, or other kitchen glassware with hoses or
duct tape.

- - Coolers, thermos bottles, or other cold storage containers.

- - Respiratory masks and filters, dust masks, rubber gloves, funnels, hosing
and clamps.

- - Coffee filters, pillow cases or bed sheets stained red (used to filter red
phosphorous) or containing a white powdery residue.

- - Apartments or buildings that smell like chemicals, including sweet,
bitter, ammonia or solvent smells.

- -- Source: Winnipeg police