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Say Hello to Jason Bane

We’re happy to introduce a new member of our blogging team.
Jason Bane is a journalist who has worked for a variety of
print, web, and broadcast outlets, including People magazine
and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He also knows politics
from the inside, having managed a number of candidates and
political organizations. Says Jason, “I’m proud to say that I
was elected student council president in 6th grade without
contributions from lobbyists and special interests.”

Welcome, Jason.

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Coyote Gulch says:

6/30/2005 at 7:10 am

Referendums C and D

Both sides in the battle over Referendums C and D have started running ads, according to the Rocky Mountain News [June 30, 2005, “There are lies, dang lies and Ref.
5280 Magazine says:

7/22/2005 at 6:11 pm

[...] and here on online. Jason contributes to 5280 as a freelancer. More on his background is available here.

Posted at 6:10 pm by Daniel Brogan
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Lynne Richard says:

10/14/2005 at 11:44 am

Dear Jason,
EPA, Region 9 librarian, Rosemary Hardy sent me your article form People Augsut 8, 2005, V64, i6, p 60. I have been working on research on inadvertent/innocent meth lab exposures. My entire family was exposure to a house in 1989, that had curious bad smells, and a few months after moving in, we found out the house was toxic. While removing the carpet, the carpet layers found copious amounts of white powder under both carpet and pad, and had told us the house had been used as a meth lab. We had never heard of the drug, and have never taken it. . We had all been ill (respiratory and lymphatic diseases) since moving into the house, although having been robustly healthy before. In interviews this year, I learned that waste toxins are 5 lbs to one pound of product, and from Toxic Waste Officials, that manufactures regularly hide their waste products under carpets, if their manufacturing site is on a septic system.
Within 2 years (1992), my husband had cancer of bladder, and I was hospitalized with pneumonia, mononucleosis, Epstein Barr syndrome, and Cytamegaliovirus (all at the same time) and our 5 children had either mononucleosis, Pneumonia, or both. So I called EPA and Poison Control (Federal) asking if there was a causal correlation between exposure and illness. But at that time they had no statistics of any correlation.
We were ill from then on, off and on. My husband died in 1994.
In 2002, I found a 1980s Associated Press release “Portland Oregon’s Police and Firemen First responders to busted Meth Labs, get ill, lose teeth, and die of cancer�?. After affirming the information in it, though EPA and Poison Control, I began 3 years of deep research. I have a BA in Sociology (statistic analysis and conflict resolution) and a total of over 12 years of college/university education. Regional EPA gave me contacts with Toxic Waste removal officers, articles, other contacts, and I went directly to Portland Oregon’s Risk Management, who put me in contact with more information, contacts and the Toxicologist of a grant study of meth lab exposures, done in 1986. That Toxicologist told me, “…we were looking at exposures to heavy metals.�? I have found out there was more to it, since then.
I have included websites of First Responding officers (to lab busts) who sued and won Disability cases. I have also included websites of Dentists who are claiming on the inter net, if a presenting patient has bad decay, then it is tantamount to guilt of meth addiction, calling it “meth mouth�?. I have contacted some of these web authors informing them of their error, that other things cause that condition too, including inadvertent/innocent exposures. Some have now posted that the decay does not PROVE addiction. More sinister, are postings on websites including State sites (i e Wyoming) which told about ‘meth mouth’ and suggested citizens form surveillance teams to watch suspected meth addicts 24/7, the assumption of meth addiction was based on dentist’s assumptions of guilt by tooth decay. I noticed after contacting those sites they have stepped down from that platform, by a degree. My own dentist accused me of addiction, loudly in front of patients and employees. When I told him I have never taken the drug, and about our exposure, he told me, “(I) was either lying or in denial.�? I was harassed and stalked. He would not take the EPA contacts I offered him, where we are registered as exposure victims, he would not accept publications or other published research on the subject, nor contacts where he could informed himself.
Since EPA is still not disseminating information to dentists and health care professionals, I took that task on myself and am telling you and many others, including Steven Levitt, (author of “Freakenomics�?), hoping someone will tell “the rest of the story�? as Paul Harvey says.
The worst part of all of this is statistics I found on how frequent inadvertent/innocent exposure may be, without those exposure victims knowing the etiology of exposure. Officers told me, “…meth lab prosecutions do NOT include taking residential histories of meth manufacturing person’s former sites, unless the other sites are in ‘active lab mode’ at the time of their arrests.�? Many officers told me, “In interrogations, manufactures said they had been in business for an average of 6 to 7 years, before being apprehended, and had the ability to move every few days.�? Taking the lab arrest statistics found below (in the article from People) that meant those sites needed to be timed by 6 (average years in business), then timed by 100 (moves every few days) for ( or timed by 600) which gives potential sites made toxic PER YEAR! Of course probabilities have to factor out redundancy, for limited number of sites available. These are NOT busted sites, but the sites attached to them, which slipped through the cracks. Busted homes are of the rubric of “busted�? labs, and fall under disclosure laws, but only 8 states have those in place. What I am speaking about are “undiscovered lab sites�?, which are apparently not covered in any way. EPA told me they were having doctors contacting them who had people ill, not responding to normal treatment protocols, and the EPA suspected it might be exposures to those undiscovered sites. They said they felt they were hitting “…the tip of a very huge ice berg.�? National statistics on busted labs suggests an epidemic, the real statistics cry endemic or pandemic.
Please feel free to pass this information on to everyone you can, since EPA is still stalled on disseminating information. DEA and Institute of Criminal Justice has known some of this since 1986, yet chose not to publish, nor disseminate information either.
Thanks again,
Lynne

Websites, see lexicon “Meth mouth, exposures cause illnesses, loss teeth, decay, cancer and death;
.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/21/MNGAVCSQBP1.DTL
“Meth mouth.” The main damage comes from the way drug abuse reduces saliva, making it easier for acid to eat away tooth enamel. The dry mouth also increases an addict’s sugar craving, which further rots teeth.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/11/national/11meth.html?pagewanted=2&8bl
With the exception of a few formal studies, including one now beginning in New Mexico, meth mouth has so far been less a topic of academic analysis in the dental profession than a matter for casual phone conversations and e-mail exchanges between dentists in small places.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meth_mouth —— just gives meth mouth definition and doesn’t include other causes or inadvertent or innocent exposure.
http://www.dentalgentlecare.com/drug_use_&_oral_clues.htm —-gives same as above but includes “profile of persons and charcteristics of indicviduals.
.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4945a1.htm
First responders to clandestine meth labs get illnesses

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/meth/lab/jburgess.pdf
exposure to clandestine meth labs

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/meth/lab/tferguson.pdf
children and exposures, heavy metals clandestine meth labs with entire gambit of chemicals used, and how these play out in expo sees

http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/oii/pdf/methlab.pdf
First Responders to clandestine meth labs, official listing of chemical toxins

http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/oii/pdf/methguidelines042005.pdf
reoccupation, clean up of former clandestine meth labs

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:Tm50i7yhwIcJ:www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2832113+methamphetamine+%2B+exposure+%2B+illnesses+Lab+&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&strip=1
Utah First Responders exposed to Meth labs sue

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/druglab/docs/methlab.pdf
lists chemicals found in clandestine meth labs

http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=536&topicId=14195&docId=l:292577473&start=6
Utah First Responding officials sue for exposures to clandestine meth lab illnesses

http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=27594
Oregon Officer sue over clandestine meth exposure
18 officers file disability claims and win

http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200202000-00014.htm;jsessionid=Ce6dqfv73a1xeESwrMfcFWG9f8NPqmJ5X5ggmDeanugAId1AciWW!654213914!-949856032!9001!-1
Law enforcement officers investigating clandestine drug laboratories may be exposed to a wide range of hazardous chemicals.
http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_181114951.html
Salt Lake City Sheriff sues for illnesses caused by exposure to clandestine meth labs

http://citypages.com/databank/24/1171/article11254.asp
Clandestine meth lab exposure, list of chemicals exposed to

dec.co.riverside.ca.us/fyi/methproject/0125Meth3.doc
Riverside CA officers sue due to illnesses form clandestine meth lab exposures

http://www.publichealth.arizona.edu/divisions/envirocom/meth_literature.htm
exposure to clandestine meth labs casues illnesses

http://www.newsandservices.com/healtoxbrewo.html
exposures cause illnesses

http://www.dekalbdare.org/meth.html
clandestine meth lab facts including that for each pound of meth produced, 6 or more pounds of toxic waste is left over.

http://www.oehha.ca.gov/public_info/pdf/TSD%20Lithium%20Meth%20Labs%20
toxicology of clandestine meth labs, illnesses

http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=435585
Lawsuit, neighbor to clandestine meth labs sues over illnesses

See also; Associated Press release, 1987, “Portland, Oregon’s Police and Firemen First Responders suffer tooth loss, cancer and death from busting meth labs.�? Roger Haven is Portland Oregon’s Police and Firemen Officer’s Risk Management lead. Dr. Chlander is the chief Toxicologist form the 1986 grant study on meth lab exposures.. IF you would care for either of their contact information, contact me.
Mouth Sores says:

11/24/2008 at 2:40 pm

Hi Jason, how is it working out for you?

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Says Jason, “I’m proud to say that I was elected student council president in 6th grade without contributions from lobbyists and special interests.” Welcome, Jason. Share or Bookmark This Post: Posted 6/24/2005 at 5:01 pm by Daniel Brogan 5280 :: Permalink :: Comments (4) You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. 4 Responses to “Say Hello to Jason Bane” Coyote Gulch says: 6/30/2005 at 7:10 am Referendums C and D Both sides in the battle over Referendums C and D have started running ads, according to the Rocky Mountain News [June 30, 2005, “There are lies, dang lies and Ref. 5280 Magazine says: 7/22/2005 at 6:11 pm [...] and here on online. Jason contributes to 5280 as a freelancer. More on his background is available here. Posted at 6:10 pm by Daniel Brogan 5280 [...] Lynne Richard says: 10/14/2005 at 11:44 am Dear Jason, EPA, Region 9 librarian, Rosemary Hardy sent me your article form People Augsut 8, 2005, V64, i6, p 60. I have been working on research on inadvertent/innocent meth lab exposures. My entire family was exposure to a house in 1989, that had curious bad smells, and a few months after moving in, we found out the house was toxic. While removing the carpet, the carpet layers found copious amounts of white powder under both carpet and pad, and had told us the house had been used as a meth lab. We had never heard of the drug, and have never taken it. . We had all been ill (respiratory and lymphatic diseases) since moving into the house, although having been robustly healthy before. In interviews this year, I learned that waste toxins are 5 lbs to one pound of product, and from Toxic Waste Officials, that manufactures regularly hide their waste products under carpets, if their manufacturing site is on a septic system. Within 2 years (1992), my husband had cancer of bladder, and I was hospitalized with pneumonia, mononucleosis, Epstein Barr syndrome, and Cytamegaliovirus (all at the same time) and our 5 children had either mononucleosis, Pneumonia, or both. So I called EPA and Poison Control (Federal) asking if there was a causal correlation between exposure and illness. But at that time they had no statistics of any correlation. We were ill from then on, off and on. My husband died in 1994. In 2002, I found a 1980s Associated Press release “Portland Oregon’s Police and Firemen First responders to busted Meth Labs, get ill, lose teeth, and die of cancer�?. After affirming the information in it, though EPA and Poison Control, I began 3 years of deep research. I have a BA in Sociology (statistic analysis and conflict resolution) and a total of over 12 years of college/university education. Regional EPA gave me contacts with Toxic Waste removal officers, articles, other contacts, and I went directly to Portland Oregon’s Risk Management, who put me in contact with more information, contacts and the Toxicologist of a grant study of meth lab exposures, done in 1986. That Toxicologist told me, “…we were looking at exposures to heavy metals.�? I have found out there was more to it, since then. I have included websites of First Responding officers (to lab busts) who sued and won Disability cases. I have also included websites of Dentists who are claiming on the inter net, if a presenting patient has bad decay, then it is tantamount to guilt of meth addiction, calling it “meth mouth�?. I have contacted some of these web authors informing them of their error, that other things cause that condition too, including inadvertent/innocent exposures. Some have now posted that the decay does not PROVE addiction. More sinister, are postings on websites including State sites (i e Wyoming) which told about ‘meth mouth’ and suggested citizens form surveillance teams to watch suspected meth addicts 24/7, the assumption of meth addiction was based on dentist’s assumptions of guilt by tooth decay. I noticed after contacting those sites they have stepped down from that platform, by a degree. My own dentist accused me of addiction, loudly in front of patients and employees. When I told him I have never taken the drug, and about our exposure, he told me, “(I) was either lying or in denial.�? I was harassed and stalked. He would not take the EPA contacts I offered him, where we are registered as exposure victims, he would not accept publications or other published research on the subject, nor contacts where he could informed himself. Since EPA is still not disseminating information to dentists and health care professionals, I took that task on myself and am telling you and many others, including Steven Levitt, (author of “Freakenomics�?), hoping someone will tell “the rest of the story�? as Paul Harvey says. The worst part of all of this is statistics I found on how frequent inadvertent/innocent exposure may be, without those exposure victims knowing the etiology of exposure. Officers told me, “…meth lab prosecutions do NOT include taking residential histories of meth manufacturing person’s former sites, unless the other sites are in ‘active lab mode’ at the time of their arrests.�? Many officers told me, “In interrogations, manufactures said they had been in business for an average of 6 to 7 years, before being apprehended, and had the ability to move every few days.�? Taking the lab arrest statistics found below (in the article from People) that meant those sites needed to be timed by 6 (average years in business), then timed by 100 (moves every few days) for ( or timed by 600) which gives potential sites made toxic PER YEAR! Of course probabilities have to factor out redundancy, for limited number of sites available. These are NOT busted sites, but the sites attached to them, which slipped through the cracks. Busted homes are of the rubric of “busted�? labs, and fall under disclosure laws, but only 8 states have those in place. What I am speaking about are “undiscovered lab sites�?, which are apparently not covered in any way. EPA told me they were having doctors contacting them who had people ill, not responding to normal treatment protocols, and the EPA suspected it might be exposures to those undiscovered sites. They said they felt they were hitting “…the tip of a very huge ice berg.�? National statistics on busted labs suggests an epidemic, the real statistics cry endemic or pandemic. Please feel free to pass this information on to everyone you can, since EPA is still stalled on disseminating information. DEA and Institute of Criminal Justice has known some of this since 1986, yet chose not to publish, nor disseminate information either. Thanks again, Lynne Websites, see lexicon “Meth mouth, exposures cause illnesses, loss teeth, decay, cancer and death; . http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/21/MNGAVCSQBP1.DTL “Meth mouth.” The main damage comes from the way drug abuse reduces saliva, making it easier for acid to eat away tooth enamel. The dry mouth also increases an addict’s sugar craving, which further rots teeth. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/11/national/11meth.html?pagewanted=2&8bl With the exception of a few formal studies, including one now beginning in New Mexico, meth mouth has so far been less a topic of academic analysis in the dental profession than a matter for casual phone conversations and e-mail exchanges between dentists in small places. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meth_mouth —— just gives meth mouth definition and doesn’t include other causes or inadvertent or innocent exposure. http://www.dentalgentlecare.com/drug_use_&_oral_clues.htm —-gives same as above but includes “profile of persons and charcteristics of indicviduals. . http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4945a1.htm First responders to clandestine meth labs get illnesses http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/meth/lab/jburgess.pdf exposure to clandestine meth labs http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/meth/lab/tferguson.pdf children and exposures, heavy metals clandestine meth labs with entire gambit of chemicals used, and how these play out in expo sees http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/oii/pdf/methlab.pdf First Responders to clandestine meth labs, official listing of chemical toxins http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/oii/pdf/methguidelines042005.pdf reoccupation, clean up of former clandestine meth labs http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:Tm50i7yhwIcJ:www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2832113+methamphetamine+%2B+exposure+%2B+illnesses+Lab+&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&strip=1 Utah First Responders exposed to Meth labs sue http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/druglab/docs/methlab.pdf lists chemicals found in clandestine meth labs http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=536&topicId=14195&docId=l:292577473&start=6 Utah First Responding officials sue for exposures to clandestine meth lab illnesses http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=27594 Oregon Officer sue over clandestine meth exposure 18 officers file disability claims and win http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200202000-00014.htm;jsessionid=Ce6dqfv73a1xeESwrMfcFWG9f8NPqmJ5X5ggmDeanugAId1AciWW!654213914!-949856032!9001!-1 Law enforcement officers investigating clandestine drug laboratories may be exposed to a wide range of hazardous chemicals. http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_181114951.html Salt Lake City Sheriff sues for illnesses caused by exposure to clandestine meth labs http://citypages.com/databank/24/1171/article11254.asp Clandestine meth lab exposure, list of chemicals exposed to dec.co.riverside.ca.us/fyi/methproject/0125Meth3.doc Riverside CA officers sue due to illnesses form clandestine meth lab exposures http://www.publichealth.arizona.edu/divisions/envirocom/meth_literature.htm exposure to clandestine meth labs casues illnesses http://www.newsandservices.com/healtoxbrewo.html exposures cause illnesses http://www.dekalbdare.org/meth.html clandestine meth lab facts including that for each pound of meth produced, 6 or more pounds of toxic waste is left over. http://www.oehha.ca.gov/public_info/pdf/TSD%20Lithium%20Meth%20Labs%20 toxicology of clandestine meth labs, illnesses http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=435585 Lawsuit, neighbor to clandestine meth labs sues over illnesses See also; Associated Press release, 1987, “Portland, Oregon’s Police and Firemen First Responders suffer tooth loss, cancer and death from busting meth labs.�? Roger Haven is Portland Oregon’s Police and Firemen Officer’s Risk Management lead. Dr. Chlander is the chief Toxicologist form the 1986 grant study on meth lab exposures.. IF you would care for either of their contact information, contact me. Mouth Sores says: 11/24/2008 at 2:40 pm Hi Jason, how is it working out for you? Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Name Mail (will not be published) Website Bad Behavior has blocked 3633 access attempts in the last 7 days.	ADVERTISING
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