Adverse Effects of Gas-Powered Lawn Care Machines

Studies on the effects of gas-powered lawn care equipment on the environment and on hearing:

• Why Cities are Taking Action to Limit Loud and Polluting Lawn Care
  Audubon Magazine, Spring 2021, National Audubon Society
• Fact Sheet: Final Rule to Reduce Toxic Air Emissions. Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  Landscaping contributes 5 to 10% of all toxic air pollution. These emissions have been designated as "probable carcinogens" by the EPA
• Cleaner Air: Gas Mower Pollution Facts, People Powered Machines
  Landscaping uses 800,000,000 gallons of gasoline
• Too Loud! For Too Long! Loud noises damage hearing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  The noise from gas-powered leaf blowers causes hearing loss
• Environmental Noise and the Cardiovascular System, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JCC)
  Noise is a health issue

This page has been produced as a collaboration between the Lexington Noise Committee and Sustainable Lexington.