Leaf Blowers, Pollution, and COVID-19
Updated May 7, 2020 New: Our memorandum, COVID-19 and Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers: A Lethal Combination, v 1.2, discusses three specific…
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The American Lung Association reports that particle #pollution can increase the risk of #heartdisease, lung #cancer and #asthma attacks, and can interfere with the growth and work of the lungs. Particle pollution, like the kind created by gas leaf-blowers, is so dangerous that it can shorten your life. Read the full report here:
www.lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/what-makes-air-unhealthy/particle-pollution
NY State Senator John Liu has introduced legislation that would prohibit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers from May 1 to Sept 30. This legislation was drafted pre-#COVID, and seeks to give New Yorkers a break from the noise and air #pollution of GLBs all summer long. Sign this easy form from Huntington CALM to show your support, and check out the bill's details here:
huntingtoncalm.org/take-action-in-new-york-state/
www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s7599
Take action in New York state!
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Senator John Liu has introduced legislation to the New York state senate, that would prohibit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers from May 1 to September 30. Please use the form below to contact NY Senator Liu (11th district), NY Senator James Gaughran (5th district), and NY Assemblyman Steve Stern....Jeff Lowenfels, author of a weekly gardening column for the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska (that's right!), writes about the wisdom of moving to cleaner, quieter lawn and garden equipment. The time is now. Thanks, Jeff!
Let’s move beyond gas lawnmowers, leaf blowers and other exhaust-spewing yard tools
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Gardening: We have all had at least one gas-powered tool fail to respond until finally the only solution is to get a replacement.