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*Every weekday* there's a gas-powered leaf blower blasting
somewhere on my street. I'm so fed up with smelling the exhaust and
hearing their drone out my window. Last August, even the week our
skies turned black with ash and our AQI was over 400 with
particulate pollution, the band of gardeners was out blasting a
cloud of ash out of the gutter and back into the air. I felt so
disgusted and defeated and I retreated to the room farthest from
the street to try to hear my zoom lecture over the noise of the
blower and my air purifier. 

Gas-powered leaf blowers are a scourge on the environment- the
fumes they emit along with the particulate pollution they cause are
a major concern for public health as well as environmental safety.
Particulate pollution is correlated with a number of negative
health impacts including a number of cognitive disorders. The noise
pollution they cause is a nuisance to humans in the area (with more
people than ever working and schooling from home) but also for
animals who rely on acoustic signaling to communicate. The noise
level is a stressor for many species.

Thank you for your consideration of this matter

Dr. Kelly McCormick


Please consider a full ban on leaf blowers, but at a bare minimum,
a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.