If you find debris in a road ditch, or anywhere else in Ida County, and it looks suspicious, STAY AWAY. If the debris is the remnants of a meth lab, the chemicals present are toxic, dangerous to your health and even potentially explosive. Call the Sheriff's office immediately. If you have information on the manufacture, distribution or usage of meth, call us at (712) 634-3146.
Items That May Be Present At A Dump Site
Empty ephedrine or pseudoephedrine bottles or containers
Lye
Cheesecloth
Rubber gloves
Gasoline can
Duct tape
Anhydrous ammonia
20 lb propane tank converted for anhydrous ammonia with the fitting turned blue or greenish from chemicals
Iodine crystals
Denatured alcohol or HEET gas line additives
Hydriodic acid
Hydrochloric acid
Aluminum foil
Table salt
Stove fuel, lighter fluid, or white gas containers
Lithium batteries, which have been peeled open
Sulfuric acid or containers
Rock salt
Brake cleaner
Pyrex or Corning dishes
Plastic jugs, bottles, funnels, tubing
Distilled water
Muriatic acid
Paint thinner
Red phosphorus, sometimes wrapped in coffee filters
Plastic containers with hoses duct taped on
Starter fluid cans which contained ether
Drain cleaner containers
Hot plate
Blender
Warning Signs That A Person May Be Using Me
Doesn't sleep for days at a time
Seems "ditsy"
Memory loss
May have rapid unusual arm and hand movements
Excessive talking, hyperactive behavior
Poor coping abilities
Dramatic mood swings
Can't sit still
May scratch at the skin until it bleeds (feels like bugs--"meth mites")
May have open sores
May have a strange body odor
Loss of weight of very thin
May be secretive about certain acquaintances
May be very unkempt and not concerned about cleanliness or appearance
Interest in others drops off. May stop caring for their own children and become hostile towards parents and other concerned family members or friends
