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Rounded Rectangle: Houseplants naturally purify the air in your home Houseplants aren’t just for decoration. They act as filters to reduce indoor pollution. The air inside your home or office may be up to 10 times more polluted than outdoor air, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Children exposed to pollutants are four times more likely to suffer from asthma than children who are not. Wearing a filtering mask would filter out some of the pollutants, but is not a practical or desirable solution. Houseplants are a natural solution. Some of the hardest working plants in your home are peace lilies, ferns, Chinese evergreens, philodendrons, golden pothos, spider plants, dracaena, snake plants, and English ivy. They continuously filter the air as they release oxygen and moisture. These plants can all be found at Lewis Greenscape. Don’t have a green thumb? Find out which five houseplants American Profile magazine says are easiest to grow: http://www.lewisgreenscape.com/newsletter.html. Ordinary products like paint, plastics, printer inks, and even carpet produce pollutants called volatile organic compounds (VOC). Formaldehyde, one of the most common of the 80,000 synthetic chemicals that emit VOCs, is found in paper products, paints, upholstery, drapes, carpet, and pressed wood products. Plants improve air quality by giving off oxygen and taking in carbon dioxide. They can absorb up to 87% of common VOCs like ammonia, formaldehyde and benzene, with some houseplants better at removing specific toxins than others. Toxins can be absorbed into a plant’s leaves and roots where they are turned into nutrients. Researchers have found that rooms with plants have 20% less dust in the air than rooms without plants, and a few tropical plants actually suppress airborne mold. Plants aren’t very helpful at filtering tobacco smoke.
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