Asking your neighbors to swap their old, polluting stuff for electric stuff can be uncomfortable. But even more uncomfortable? The thought of our kids breathing in carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, or carcinogenic hydrocarbons from a nearby mower or leaf blower.

A research team at Edmunds compared how a two stroke gas-powered leaf blower and a Ford pickup truck release these toxic gases. The results show the leaf blower spewing seven times the nitrous oxide (which causes smog), 13.5 times the carbon monoxide, and nearly 300 times the hydrocarbons as the pickup!

As parents, we wouldn’t want our kids anywhere near the exhaust of a giant pickup truck. So why not steer away from gas-powered leaf blowers, especially when our kids are playing in the yard next door?

We created a simple, shareable video to let your neighbors know just how harmful these blowers can be.

Director: Bradley Hasse

Client: Science Moms
Agency: Potential Agency Coalition
Executive Creative Director: Forrest Boleyn
Art Director: Taylor Brazukas
Copywriter: Lyle Jarvis
Production Company: Potential Agency Coalition, Flying Cactus
Director of Production: Sara Justus
Producer: Gillian Beerman
Jr. Producer: Julian Hollinger
Producer: Bradley Hasse

Cinematographer: Evan Jake Cohen
1st AC: Phillip Shvartsman
Gaffer: Edward “Al” Roberts @ Powerline Lights
Key Grip: Kevin Deming
HMU: Will Metivier
Production Sound Mixer: Rachel Villegas
PA: Jauwon Givins

Featuring: Alexandria Dickson
Yard Worker: Kevin Deming
Casting: Anthony Pichette @ Binder Casting

Editorial: Flying Cactus
Editor: Bradley Hasse
Assistant Editor: Kevin Deming
Color Correction: Sean Henderson
Audio Design & Mix: Julian Angel @ Hobo Audio