The Myth of the “Clean Air Plants”
Almost none of this is true.
I’m sure we’ve all heard this (or similar) claims:
So what about the rest of it?
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(The only sentence that’s actually true is the second one — spider plants are (often) under $20, and they can absorb chemicals like formaldehyde.)
do not purify the air in your housecannot absorb “95% of chemicals”air itself is a chemical.pollutants,VOCs“95%” is meaninglessMost importantlysingle, *extremely* flawed studyNASA Clean Air StudyFAR higher than would occur in your home ARE able to absorb those pollutantscan’t be extrapolated to a house continuous gas exchange completely made upabout 700 plantsnot your plants.Finally: Bigger plants with broader leaves fared better0/10,
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