A cleaner, quieter leaf blower
Leaf blowers, the most efficient way to keep lawns and sidewalks
"Desperate Housewives"-immaculate, are a bane to both the air and
the ear.
In the Los Angeles area, home to a thriving landscaping industry
and one of the worst smog problems in the nation, the regional air
quality agency is offering cleaner, quieter machines at a discount
to landscapers who turn in old ones.
Officials of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which
has jurisdiction in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San
Bernardino Counties, hope eventually to put 1,500 of the new
blowers into the hands of the landscaping workers who are the
primary users of high-powered models.