'Quiet Princeton' on the Impact of COVID

Logo from the Quiet Princeton site.

Logo from the Quiet Princeton site.

Please check here for a valuable site from citizens in Princeton, New Jersey.

Sample from their mission statement, updated for the pandemic era:

Quiet Princeton was founded in 2016 in Princeton, New Jersey, by a group of local citizens with a common interest in reducing noise disturbance in our town…

COVID-19 IMPACTS

Covid-19 attacks the lung tissue of those it infects. The polluting 2-stroke engines of gas-powered leaf blowers generate fine particulates by entering the lungs and are well documented to cause disease and death. Recent studies have shown that these particulates have a further severe impact on Covid patients: they worsen the morbidity and mortality of Covid patients, as detailed here and here. Quiet Princeton is publicizing this serious issue and is advocating a cessation of use of gas-powered leaf blowers to reduce death and illness. While all people are affected, landscape workers are particularly exposed.