Here is the headline on a BBC item this week:
From the BBC story.
This week the BBC, quoting a German newspaper and government report, said that Germany’s environment ministry was urging a drastic cutback on use of leaf blowers, of any sort. The reason was their contribution to the dramatic fall in insect populations around the world.
Samples from the story:
The German government has warned against the use of leaf blowers over concerns for insects and the environment.
Germany's Ministry for the Environment said leaf blowers were too loud, polluted the air and posed a fatal threat to insects.
The ministry issued the guidance in response to a request by a Green MP.
Leaf blowers should not be used unless they are "indispensable", the ministry said….
Leaf blowers can be "fatal to insects in the foliage", the ministry said.
"There is a risk that small animals are absorbed or blown and thereby damaged," the ministry said in a statement.