let the state pay for it since they didnt clean it up properly

I wonder how many realize that the dramatic increase in amatuer meth labs in this country is a by-product of the "war on drugs" and the banning of formerly legal biamphetamine sulfates by prescription in this country? (Oh yeah, those drugs are still manufactured legally here for sale outside the United States.) If people want to ruin their lives with drugs like these, I think they have the right to do so. Truely free people are free to be fools! I say stop the war on drugs, let them have all the drugs of whatever kind they want without having to steal, murder, or commit other crimes to do so. I think we will see a dramatic decrease in drug related crimes as a result and before you know it there will be fewer fools around creating these problems.

This is terrible. Congress should be involved in this situation instead of requiring our home to have an energy efficiency evaluation when we try to sell. No one ever died from living in a home that was not EE

Um yes people have died in homes that were not EE its called carbon minoxide poisen and peope have died from it. But i agree congress should be looking into this, but then what have states pay for the clean -up?

don't forget Radon gas, asbestos and lead paint.

I forgot about that those.

They are still prevalent. As our population ages more and more seniors' houses are being sold. The seniors are either dying or moving. Many of these houses have asbestos and lead in them. This is not a danger until those particles become airborne.
When I bought my co-op, I had it tested.

Remember the Katrina trailers that were full of formaldehyde in Mississippi and Louisiana? Lots and lots of people became very sick. A tight house is also full of formaldehyde, and the air turns over four times less in a 24 hour period than a home that is not energy efficient, so lots of people are living in "sick" houses today.

No, Congress should not be involved except maybe to print a brochure to prospective home buyers about what hazards to look out for, but that's it. Then again, before you buy a house, shouldn't you get it tested for radon gas, asbestos lead paint and other contaminates?

Please stop asking the Gov to be a nanny.

I don't want them to be a nanny, I want them out of my life and the lives of every other American and I don't want them to tell someone they HAVE to do anything to sell their home There are plenty of laws on local books regarding the sale of homes and it should stay in the hands of the locals. Right now in my state people are having problems with new homes that were built with Chinese dry wall. They are having to leave their homes and try to find someplace else to live. Someone, somewhere should be held accountable for using that product.

When you said "Congress should be involved in this situation" I thought you were peshing for more nanny state.
Regarding the Chinese drywall; the homeowners can sue the builder who can turn around and sue the supplier, etc. Since this is an imported item there is plenty of blame to go around.

the builder will sue the contractor who will sue the supplier who will sue WHO, The chinese supplier, lots of luck with that one. Eventually all will be resolved but in the meantime the mtge holder is not getting his money, more foreclosures. The people who managed to get the money together for their down payment are now without homes and will be very lucky if their credit doesn;t go completely down the tubes. Such is our lot when the gov does not insist on imports meeting certain stds but we do not want to insult the Chinese, we owe them too much money

Let's be sure to send a letter of thanks to both Clintons and the DNC for that.

Regardless of who we should blame for this I smell the strong stench of GREED

Yup! You're right.
The DNC wanted the Chinese money back in the 1990's. In return they sold out the US.
with it's overabundance of people and lack of concern over the safety of it's exports China has now become the manufacturer to the world. We set them up to do that.
It was Wal Mart who started suggesting to their suppliers that relocating manufacturing to China would be a good idea. Want to guess who sat on Wal Mart's board before her husband became POTUS?

We have seen the number of recalls on Chinese products caused by the use of lead paint and other poorly made products and seen the costs to the so called manufacturers. I guess their bean counters decided it was an acceptable risk

Sad but true

Who would have thought to ask if the house was a meth or crack house? I feel so bad for that family .... exspecially the babies....

This is a really tough problem to solve. There should be an inexpensive test that a realtor or landlord can do beforehand. Then the cleanup needs to be done, probably with Federal grant money like Colorado allows. Then the house needs to be retested, and prospective buyers/renters need to be informed of the results. However without EPA guidelines, there is no idea how to value a test (like "risk" or "safe" to pets, children, adults).

Many people will have a house tested for radon, asbestos and lead before buying. Why not just test for meth as well?