Friday, June 7, 2013

Making Indoor Air Quality A Priority With Choice Houseplants

By Cornelius Nunev


The indoor quality of air of your home is important to your health. With these indoor plants, you can filter the air without dumping hundreds of dollars into electronic air filters.

Indoor plants for indoor quality of air No. 1 - Snake plant

The Snake plant, aka Mother-in-Law's Tongue, includes several smooth, snake-like tendrils that ascend upward. For a fundamental price of $15 up to $70 for a 50-stem plant, Snake plant scrubs the air for formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene, toluene, and benzene. It's also great for the bedroom, as it converts CO2 into oxygen during nighttime hours.

Try Devil's Ivy in your house

To avoid formaldehyde, xylene, toluene, benzene and trichloroethylene, you can get Devil's Ivy for around $15.

Florist's Chrysanthemum will help

Florist's Chrysanthemum (aka Pot Mum) is affordable at under $5, but that's for the seeds, as the plant is hard to find in stores already potted. The Chrysanthemum flowers are attractive, and the plant screens out formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene, toluene, ammonia and benzene.

Peace Lily might be what you need

For someplace between $35 and $50, you have a good looking plant that is not unlike the Pot Mum. It helps beat formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene, toluene, ammonia and benzene.

The Red-Edged Dracaena an option

Stay away from Xylene, Toluene, benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene with this plant that will cost around $35.

Areca Palm a great way

Expect this large plant to get a place of its own for around $45. It will produce a lot of oxygen and kill toluene and xylene.





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