See how easily you can clean the air of your room or office

The air in our homes and offices becomes more and more polluted. If the rooms are not aired enough, after a period of time the CO2 levels are very high. Also there are more factors that poison our environment. Smoke from cigarettes, dust from computers, radiation, etc are making our working environment more as a gas oven.

To be more specific there is benzene which exists in plastics, nylons and other chemicals. It is carcinogenic. Think that we are surrounded by plastics, even the keyboards are made of plastic. There is formaldehyde which is produced from smoke and gases and can be very poisonous and in high concentrations it may cause headaches, a burning sensation in the throat, and difficulty breathing, as well as triggering or aggravating asthma symptoms. In such closed rooms there is found trichloroethylene too which can cause headaches, dizziness, and confusion and progressing with increasing exposure to unconsciousness.

So we face the present days the problem of the polluted air not outside our house or office but inside it. But like to other problems the nature has for another time the solution. And the solution are specific plants that have been proved that absorb these poisonous toxics.

In a research of N.A.S.A they found out which plants are those who can protect us from the above poisons.

These are:

• English Ivy (Hedera helix)
• Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
• Golden pothos or Devil's ivy (Scindapsus aures or Epipremnum aureum)
• Peace lily (Spathiphyllum 'Mauna Loa')
• Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema modestum)
• Bamboo palm or reed palm (Chamaedorea sefritzii)
• Snake plant or mother-in-law's tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata 'Laurentii')
• Heartleaf philodendron (Philodendron oxycardium, syn. Philodendron cordatum)
• Selloum philodendron (Philodendron bipinnatifidum, syn. Philodendron selloum)
• Elephant ear philodendron (Philodendron domesticum)
• Red-edged dracaena (Dracaena marginata)
• Cornstalk dracaena (Dracaena fragans 'Massangeana')
• Janet Craig dracaena (Dracaena deremensis 'Janet Craig')
• Warneck dracaena (Dracaena deremensis 'Warneckii')
• Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina)
• Gerbera Daisy or Barberton daisy (Gerbera jamesonii)
• Pot Mum or Florist's Chrysanthemum (Chrysantheium morifolium)
• Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica)

So with some plants of these around the house or your office you can avoid easily headaches and breath problems. Some times we don't know all those problems where they come from so there are some alternative and more natural ways to fight them as taking pills.

Also plants can make our day nicer and can add a different view in our everyday routine. I will write an article about how to put your plants right to your home so that you have not only pure air but also a good Feng Shui, next time on I Got Answers.