Real estate agents to no longer disclose low meth levels

PHOTO: A house gets tested for methamphetamine. Photo credit: Newshub.

Disclosing low levels of methamphetamine contamination to homebuyers is no longer necessary.

The Real Estate Authority is issuing the new advice following reports that there are no adverse health effects from third-hand exposure to low levels of the drug.

A Government report found the safe level of methamphetamine residue is much higher than initially thought, with the standard moving from 0.5 micrograms per square metre to 15 micrograms per square metre.

• Standards NZ ‘stands by the process’ that created meth limits deemed far too low

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