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Articles By Syndicated Columnist
Dan Thomas
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Improvement Inside And Out
Filter The
Air In Your House With House Plants
In In the 1970s NASA wanted to find a way to clean up the air in small
spaces. They found that the following list of house plants were very
affective at absorbing different
pollutants.
These plants will help reduce the killer gases and fumes in your home.
In particular formaldehyde.
The house plants that worked the best were, Chrysanthemum, Dracaena, !vy, Boston Fern, Areca Palm, Spider Plant, English Ivy.
Plants work well at removing formaldehyde a colorless, pungent smelling gas that can cause serious
health problems. Some of the sources for formaldehyde are smoke and combustion sources
(
tobacco, burning wood, kerosene, automobile exhausts.)
Other sources of formaldehyde are the finish used to coat paper
products, preservatives you find in
paints, cosmetics, pressed wood, products made
of pressed wood, fiberglass and foam
insulation, some textiles and glues.
Formaldehyde can cause burning watery eyes and throat.
It can cause
nausea and produce difficulty in breathing if
the levels are too high. It
has proven to produce cancer in animals and may produce cancer in humans.
Some health
effects are watery burning eyes, nose and throat, wheezing and
coughing, a very severe allergic reaction, skin rash,
and fatigue.
Many of us
spend up to 90 % of our time in
our homes, so consider having house plants in your home as a way to filter
the air.
If you suffer from itchy eyes, watery eyes and a runny
nose, dry itchy skin or skin rashes, breathing problems such as asthmas,
or you are a smoker, living with a smoker, have indoor pets,
have mold or mildew in your home, house plants alone may
not solve your problem.
You should consider purchasing an air purifier. Oreck, Lennox, and Hunter are
some of the more popular manufactures
of air purifiers. |
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