Lung and Respiratory System Damage
The toxic emissions of gas-powered leaf blowers is associated with higher rates of cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and asthma (American Lung Assoc.)
Hearing Damage
The noise of 2-stroke leaf blowers for the operator is in the 90-115 dB range. Anything over 85 dB is known to cause irreversible hearing loss after just 2 hrs. The noise of electric blowers is in the 59-65 dB range.
Dizziness, headaches, allergies, higher rates of breast cancer, cardiovascular disease and dementia are all associated with inhaling the pollutants emitted by leaf blowers.
Environmental noise has been found to be associated with an increased incidence of arterial hypertension, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and stroke.