“Residents of a luxury Manhattan apartment building, located on East 47th Street, are expressing concerns about their health after a report revealed that dust in their apartments contains high levels of carcinogens,” says George W. Ilchert, Esq., a partner with Lurie, Ilchert, Mac Donnell and Ryan, LLP (www.limrlaw.com), a personal injury law firm based in New York City. “The dust, which covered the interior of some of these luxury apartments, was the result of construction work that had been done to the building's facade.”
The toxic substance contained in the construction dust is called crystalline silica, according to Ilchert, and has been known to cause silicosis, which is a serious and sometimes fatal lung disease.
“According to published reports, a leading environmental testing-company reportedly found elevated levels of crystalline silica in at least one tenant's apartment,” says Ilchert. “That resident claims that the dust from the recent construction caused him to have trouble breathing and eye irritation.”
Although the building’s management company has denied any wrongdoing, lawyers and investigators will have to ascertain if management allowed residents of the building to live in an unsafe environment, according to Ilchert.
“When it comes to construction being done on New York’s buildings, it is imperative that responsible parties ensure that they are safe for occupancy before allowing residents or the public back inside,” Ilchert says.
Established for more than 50 years, Lurie, Ilchert, Mac Donnell & Ryan LLP, located at 475 Park Avenue South (32nd Street) New York, NY, 10016, specializes in representing victims of all types of accidents including construction and demolition, falls from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs, automobiles, trains, and buses, babies with cerebral palsy and other brain damage, general medical malpractice, saws and electrical tools without guards, and slip and fall cases. For more information, call 212-685-7417 or visit www.limrlaw.com.
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