Kitchen labs

The USA also reduced the availability of over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical preparations containing ATS precursors, notably pseudo-ephedrine. Similar controls in Canada (since 2003) reduced the flow of OTC preparations containing pseudo-ephedrine across the border. These efforts squeezed out large numbers of kitchen labs, and thus led to less US laboratory seizures in 2005 - a trend which appears to have continued in... 

The total number of dismantled labs in Europe shows, nonetheless, a clear upward trend, increasing from less than 20 in 1995 to 127 in 2000 and 310 in 2005. Because the majority of these are small kitchen labs, the actual production of methamphetamine is still limited. Although still tiny compared to amphetamine, the amount of methamphetamine seized in Europe rose more than four-fold between 2000 and 2005. 

John Bardeen was a truly remarkable scientist, and also a very private, taciturn man. Pippard (1995) in his obituary of Bardeen, recounts how John returned home from the Bell Labs and walked into the kitchen to say We discovered something today to (his wife) Jane s regret, all she could find in reply to what proved a momentous statement was That s interesting, but I have to get dinner on the table . ... 

The tetryl additive in formula 3 is difficult to manufacture and unless the manufacturer is very familiar with chemistry and lab procedure, its manufacture is dangerous. This particular formula is given anyhow. The ammonium picrate of formula four is simple to make. Picric acid is made or obtained (Kitchen Improvised Plastic Explosives has a manufacture procedure for picric acid that is very easy. Chapter 7). Ammonia water (plain) is placed in a glass jar. The picric acid crystals are dropped into the ammonia water. This addition is completed. The P.H. is checked with P.H. paper. It should be 7.0 or above. The ammonium picrate crystals will form in the solution and should be filtered out and dried. The other chemicals are very common. They would be very easy to obtain surreptitiously. 

But a tragic problem associated with the kitchen meth labs that arc proliferating around the country is that the products they use po.se a significant public health problem because of risk of explosion and because they produce toxic waste. Many of the chemicals used to produce meth are highly flammable, and the process also requires that the ingredients be heated with a burner therefore, a significant risk of explosion and fire is present. Several of the chemicals used to make meth are toxic, as arc some of the by-products that can cause significant health hazards wherever they are... 

I resisted growing the psilocybians for over twenty years. Sterile procedure is essential, and having worked as a lab assistant, I know how easy it is for contamination to occur even after taking the most stringent precautions. I believed it had to be more trouble than it was worth unless you had access to an expensive laboratory set-up - surely nobody could have much success doing this in their kitchen. Then one day a friend gave me three sealed petri dishes containing Psilocybe cubensis... 

While food chemists do not work with the most dangerous substances, there are the same risks in their lab as in a busy kitchen. Fire, hot liquids, hot pots and pans, acidic substances -all these present a danger. Did you know that adding water to hot oil will cause the oil to splatter up from the pan Flaving hot oil on your skin is no laughing matter. 

Methamphetamine laboratories are by the far the most common type of illegal drug laboratories in the United States today. Two-thirds of all the meth in the United States is created in labs found in Mexico and southern California. The rest of the illegal meth is made in small labs set up in kitchens, garages, vacant buildings, and even the trunks of cars. Meth is relatively easy to produce using common chemicals—including cold and asthma medicines—that can be obtained over the counter. 

The Interpol and the European Homeland Security Association pay much attention to bioterrorism threats. Interpol President Jackie Selebi recently observed that Major panic, temporary paralysis of government functions and private businesses and even civil disorder are all likely outcomes of a bioterrorism attack. In fact, bioterrorism appears particularly well suited to the small, well-informed groups. A bioterrorist s lab could well be the size of a household kitchen and the weapon built there could be smaller than a toaster, and the range of options available to terrorists will continue to grow. Furthermore, he warned of bioterror attacks on livestock or the food chain [317]. 

You ll probably be interested to know that there are a good number of chemistry experiments that you can perform right in your own home While we can t teach every principle in this book with experiments that you can do with household items, we will do our best to illustrate some of the basic principles (mostly those relevant to basic chemistry lab work) with items you may already have in your kitchen. 

If the mash is to be eaten, the experiment will need to be done in a kitchen rather than a lab. Method... 

Phenomenological thermodynamics is based on experiment, on measurements that you might make in a lab, garage, or kitchen. For example, for any fixed amount of a pure gas, two state variables are pressure, p, and volume, Each can be controlled... 

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