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The proposed figures are so low they are ridiculous.
Now the government is about to enshrine into law a standard - if a property tests positive for meth at 1.5 micrograms per 100 square centimetres it will be legally defined as contaminated. The new law will also allow landlords to evict tenants on just seven days' notice if test results meet or exceed this new level.
Massey's Nick Kim says at 1.5 the P residues are so low the word 'contaminated' cannot even be rightly used. The new standard is about 300 times less than the minimum dose of amphetamine given to children to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, he says.
"To regulators that's a sense of comfort, I suppose, because they say we're pretty happy that down at this 1.5 level the chances of any effect are so low they're negligible, or unquantifiable. The risk is neither appreciable nor quantifiable, I'd say.
"What would happen if you were exposed at 2? The answer is nothing, that we could detect," Kim says.
Massey's Nick Kim says at 1.5 the P residues are so low the word 'contaminated' cannot even be rightly used. The new standard is about 300 times less than the minimum dose of amphetamine given to children to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, he says.
"To regulators that's a sense of comfort, I suppose, because they say we're pretty happy that down at this 1.5 level the chances of any effect are so low they're negligible, or unquantifiable. The risk is neither appreciable nor quantifiable, I'd say.
"What would happen if you were exposed at 2? The answer is nothing, that we could detect," Kim says.
I wouldn't bother testing a house unless I saw clear evidence of a lab.
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