posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:54 PM
by
klehan
New Hampshire Considers Carbon Monoxide Detector Mandate
A New Hampshire lawmaker who began work last summer on a bill to mandate carbon monoxide detectors in new homes is even more determined after a Salem man died during last month's ice storm.
Rep. Suzanne Laliberte, a Democrat from Enfield, began working on her bill in June when a father and son from her town died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The bill would require detectors to be installed in all homes built after Jan. 1, 2010, and all homes that are sold after that date.
In Salem, Alexander Conca died after his furnace malfunctioned during the ice storm. Town fire marshal Jeff Emanuelson believes that a carbon monoxide detector would have saved the man's life.