Safety Guys—What's Cooking? We are back with our second article on clandestine drug labs. Our first article in the series provided an introduction to "clan labs," provided a little history and background on the epidemic, and briefly discussed the three phase approach taking the site from discovery to final clean up. After a clan lab is found, specially trained law enforcement personnel must often deal with possible booby traps while securing the site. Crime scene investigators can then move in and process the site for evidence. Following the securing and processing of the clan lab we move into the next phase, which is categorizing the chemicals and wastes and removing the gross contamination from the site. This article discusses the different methods used to make the illegal drugs at clandestine laboratories, the chemicals involved in those methods, and the hazards associated with those chemicals.
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