Do Your Lungs Like Leaf Blowers?
In this age of Covid-19 , we are all looking for ways to improve our chances of avoiding the virus, or at least minimizing it's risks. The lungs are particularly vulnerable so let's give them a little extra love by cleaning up the environment in our own front yards. First step, eradication of leaf blower use in our neighborhoods. Want to make a difference right now? Discontinue your own leaf-blowing activity. Instead, have your gardener rake and then compost the leaves on your property or tha t of a willing neighbor. And for God's sake, share this with your neighbors! A ccording to estimates by the U.S. Environmental Protection , Agency, emissions of smog producing substances from mowers, blowers and other small off-road engines in 2016 were 81 percent as high as the amount from standard sedans. In the air pollution-plagued Los Angeles area, the small off-road engines category is projected to overt...