The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reveals that the levels of air pollutants found inside homes at times exceed the levels of outside air pollution- even as much as 5 to 10 times more!
This indoor pollution is mostly caused by common household cleaning products, heating systems and electronic devices.
Long term exposure to these toxins can drastically affect our health and well being. It can cause breathing problems, allergies, immunity disorders and even lung cancer.
However, a few studies have revealed that detoxifying your home is as easy as adding a few common indoor plants to your décor.
These plants use their roots, leaves and a soil bacteria to eliminate indoor home pollution.
The most common indoor pollutants are dust mites, carbon monoxide, high amounts of carbon dioxide, formaldehyde (colorless gas mainly found in household cleaners) and benzene (found in tobacco smoke).
Environmental toxins like formaldehyde, in high quantities, irritate the eyes and nose and can even induce asthma attacks.
The most powerful natural air cleaning indoor plants are:
• Corn Plant
• Mother-in-Law’s Tongue
• Janet Craig Dracaena
• Pot Mum
• Bamboo Palm
• English Ivy
• Chinese Evergreen
• Gerbera Daisy
• Peace Lily
• Dracena
The recommended amount of indoor plants is at least 5 to 10 plants per every hundred square feet of the home.
Indoor plants are not just great air cleaners. Having them at home helps create a peaceful and serene atmosphere, greatly contributing to our health and well being.
Another great tip to reduce the air pollution is regularly air out your home by increasing ventilation, removing the dust, regularly cleaning your carpets and rugs (with natural, organic methods).
But cleaning your home may not be enough to tackle all disease. Here are more tips on natural ways to cure…
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It is useful if the plants besides the common name carry the botanical name
Useful recommendation thank you guys.
TO Sundaramurthy Thimmaiah:
here is the list of plants with botanical names :
Corn Plant ( bot.Dracaena fragrans)
Mother-in-Law’s Tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata)
Janet Craig Dracaena (Dracaena deremensis)
Pot Mum (Chrysanthemum )
Bamboo Palm (Chamaedorea)
English Ivy (Hedera helix )
Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema)
Gerbera Daisy (Gerbera)
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum)
Dracena (Dracaena)
Hope it heps.
A great post, I’m a firm believer the healing power of plants but didn’t realise they actually remove toxins from the air and clean the house. We should be offering more gratitude to plants they’re doing such a marvelous job for us! Thank you very much.
Thanks for all your information. All are very important for keep our health and people around us. Pauline i’t was a great idea, give us botanical names!.
Thanks.
Damaris Valencia
Thank you for the info! Much appreciated.
TY For The GREAT INFO
HOUSE PLANTS ARE GREAT IF YOU KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. EVERY TIME I PUT A PLANT IN MY APARTMENT, THEY DIE .
I know how beneficial plnts are, and I tried keeping plants in my apt. but they die, no matter what i do. Is it the atmosphere?… lack of sunlight.
My son is allergic to most house plants and the worst one is Chrysanthemum so what can I do he is now 41 any suggestions please
A small house say 1000 square is going to need 50 to 100 hundred plants?? better to change the products we use for cleaning and building materials that we use.
I have never heard off many of these plants. Where is the best place to buy these plants?