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Resident presenter tells New Canaan committee gas leaf blowers pose health and noise risks
Summary
A resident researcher presented medical and scientific literature to the Town Council committee on health, citing particulate pollution, carcinogens from two‑stroke engines and low‑frequency noise from gas leaf blowers; health staff said the department currently is not positioned to lead regulation but can help identify state experts for a panel.
John Lehi, a New Canaan resident who researched the issue, presented research to the Town Council Committee on Health and Human Services describing airborne and noise harms from gas-powered leaf blowers and argued for at least seasonal restrictions.
Lehi told the committee that two-stroke gas engines used in many blowers expel a high proportion of partially burned fuel and unburned hydrocarbons, which the presenter said include compounds linked in some studies to cancer and other organ damage. He cited particulate pollution (PM10 and PM2.5) and said children and pregnant people are particularly vulnerable because of higher air intake per…
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