Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Houseplants That Will Shape Up Your Indoor Air Quality

By Cornelius Nunev


The indoor air quality of your house is essential to your health. With these houseplants, you can filter the air without dumping large sums of money into electronic air screens.

Try out the Snake plant

The Snake plant, aka Mother-in-Law's Tongue, consists of many 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 home

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

Indoor plants for indoor air quality No. 3 - Florist's Chrysanthemum

Since you will not find it potted already, you will have to pay $5 for Florist's Chrysanthemum to filter out things such as benzene, ammonia, toluene, xylene, trichloroethylene and formaldehyde.

Get some Peace Lily

For somewhere 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

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

Get the Areca Palm for oxygen

Pay about $45 for this plant that will kill xylene and toluene. It also produces a lot of oxygen and it really large.




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