Use Houseplants for Clean Indoor Air

 

 

We spend a great deal of time in our homes and offices, which according to the EPA has up to 15 times more toxic pollutants than the outside air.

 

A list compiled by NASA of common houseplants which help clean the air in your home and remove toxic pollutants.

 

Hey, if it’s good enough for NASA, it’s certainly good enough for me!

 

• Hedera helix   English ivy
• Chlorophytum comosum   spider plant
• Epipiremnum aureum   golden pothos
• Spathiphyllum `Mauna Loa’    peace lily
• Aglaonema modestum   Chinese evergreen
• Chamaedorea sefritzii   bamboo or reed palm
• Sansevieria trifasciata    snake plant
• Philodendron scandens `oxycardium’   heartleaf philodendron
• Philodendron selloum   selloum philodendron
• Philodendron domesticum    elephant ear philodendron
• Dracaena marginata   red-edged dracaena
• Dracaena fragrans `Massangeana’   cornstalk dracaena
• Dracaena deremensis `Janet Craig’   Janet Craig dracaena
• Dracaena deremensis `Warneckii’   Warneck dracaena
• Ficus benjamina  weeping fig

 

 

 

Resources

 

University of Minnesota

 

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