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To add to the list of workers who have endured undignified treatment are landscape workers, many of whom are not given basic ear protection while working with damaging noise. Most of them are documented, but feel disempowered to ask for basic health rights. I got no response from a landscaper when I suggested providing ear protection to handlers of leaf blowers, and I found it is not under the jurisdiction of the city to enforce health standards. I share in the frustration Heath Prince must feel. Susan Kleinman, Austin Texas embarrassments Hasn't the state of Texas embarrassed itself enough ...