Fight Toxins: Breath Clean Air With Plants
Monday, May 19th, 2008
In 1989, NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) conducted a study that resulted in a list of indoor house plants that could help purify the air. For years, we have also heard of the dangers of indoor VOCs (volatile organic compounds) that are off-gassed from building materials, fabrics and household cleaners. While the building industry is trying to eradicate VOCs from materials there is a simple and natural way for us to combat this problem - live with plants.
Good Magazine has just made this easy for us with a user friendly system of identifying certain plants for specific air quality situations.
