How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 Houseplants that Purify Your Home or Office

Plants are the lungs of the earth: they produce the oxygen that makes life possible, add precious moisture to the air, and filter toxins. Houseplants can perform these essential functions in your home or office with the same efficiency as a rainforest in our biosphere. In research designed to create a breathable environment for a NASA lunar habitat, noted scientist Dr. B.C. Wolverton discovered that houseplants are the best filters of common pollutants such as ammonia, formaldehyde, and benzene. Hundreds of these poisonous chemicals can be released by furniture, carpets, and building material, which are then often trapped by closed ventilation systems, leading to the host of respiratory and allergic reactions.

09-Jun-2004

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