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# New Law Requiring Replacement Of Carbon Monoxide Alarms Goes Into Effect Today
- URL: https://bklyner.com/new-law-requiring-replacement-of-carbon-monoxide-alarms-goes-into-effect-today-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2012-04-25T16:45:57.000Z
- Updated: 2012-04-25T16:02:26.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide poisoning, local law 7, local law 75, #API-Imported

![](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7003/6644953077_c255ea4f4a.jpg)

This CO detector saved its owner's life according to the Flickr page (Source: windsordi/Flickr)

Just one day after news broke that [five people died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in a home in the suburbs of Washington D.C.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/md-fire-officials-5-dead-from-suspected-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-washington-suburb/2012/04/24/gIQA5JaceT%5Fstory.html?ref=bklyner.com), a new New York City law goes into effect requiring residential property owners to replace their carbon monoxide detectors.

[Local Law 75](http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/pdf/ll75of2011.pdf?ref=bklyner.com) passed the City Council in December, requiring owners of Class A buildings – including single-family homes, apartments and condominiums – must replace their carbon monoxide (CO) alarms when they reach the end of the manufacturer’s suggest useful life – an average of five to seven years.

It expands on Local Law 7, passed in 2004, which made installation of the alarms a requirement for all dwellings with fossil-fuel buringin equipment. As many as two million property owners who installed them in 2004 will likely need to replace them now.

Carbon monoxide poisoning is responsible for 450 deaths a year, in addition to tens of thousands of emergency room visits, according to First Alert, a producer of smoke and CO detectors. The symptoms of CO poisoning, known as the silent killer, include nausea, headaches, dizziness, weakness, chest pain and vomiting.