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Health & Fitness

New Legislation

As of January 1, 2014, Sellers of 1-2 family homes built prior to October 1, 2005 will be required to furnish their purchasers with an affidavit that the property has working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Failure to provide the affidavit requires the sellers to credit their purchasers with $250 at closing.

View the text of the law Public Act No. 13-272 - An Act Requiring Working Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Certain Residential Buildings at the Time Title is Transferred.

Info from the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH)

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Every year unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning causes

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  • More than 400 deaths; (highest fatalities among those 65 and older);
  • 20,000 emergency room visits;
  • 4,000 hospitalizations;
  • Common symptoms:
    • Mimic flu/cold – dizziness, weakness, nausea, headache
    • Chest pain and confusion
    • At high levels – loss of consciousness and death.

     

     

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