Via nbc12.com in Richmond, VA
As refrigerant addiction increases among children, S. A. F. E. Chesterfield, a substance abuse prevention group in Chesterfield VA, is working to stop the trend.
Mona Casey, a Florida mom, lost her 15-year-old son Charles to a refrigerant addiction. What started as an after school habit with a friend cost him his life. Casey created http://www.uproarorg.org/ to educate people on the day to day dangers of substance abuse. Starting this year, AC units are being installed with an added security feature.
Dominion Service Company of Richmond and many other air conditioning technicians now install a small cap that fits around the valve where refrigerant can be released. The cap can only be removed by a key that is unavailable to the public.
"I'm very, very happy that the people there in Virginia are taking this very seriously," said Casey.
To date 400 caps have been installed in the Richmond area.
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