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According to NASA specialists having houseplants is good for you.
Something to do with being an easy way to stop sneezing, wheezing and coughing
- part of what's known as "sick building syndrome". Years ago builders used
natural materials like solid wood so this type of syndrome didn't exist. Now
however we live and work in buildings that are made of fibreboard and
pressed-wood products. These exude toxic chemicals. Add the plastic and
artificial-fibre furniture, household cleaners and other chemicals and you've
got indoor air that can be two to five times more polluted than the air
outside.
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, sick
building syndrome can damage vital organs such as the nervous system, kidneys,
liver and heart and impair children's development. The solution to this,
according to NASA, is houseplants. Having carried out a number of tests by
sealing houseplants in sealed chambers and introducing three of the most common
household pollutants - formaldehyde, benzene and trichlorolthylene, NASA
discovered that the plants dramatically reduced the pollutants in the chambers.
So to help keep your exercise room, as well as the rest of your home, low in
pollutants buy a houseplant or at least one per 100sq feet of space. And the
plants used by NASA? Aloe Vera, bamboo palm, spider plant, pot mum, Janet Craig
dracena, warneckeu dracena, dragon free, golden pathos, African daisy, English
Ivy, banana free, heart-leaf philodendron, lacy free-philodendren, snake plant
and peace lily.
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Author: Ann Brady
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