#freshairplants

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Fresh Air Plants

Areca Palm: Produces large quantities of oxygen during the day, and removes xylene and toluene from the air.

Snake Plant: Produce large quantities of oxygen at night, and removes benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene and toluene from the air.

Money Plant: Most efficiently removes benzene, formaldehyde, xylene and toluene from the air.

Along with these three plants, there are another forty-seven indoor plants that have been identified as being particularly good at growing fresh air.

Which toxins do these plants remove from the air?

Benzene, Formaldehyde, Trichloroethylene, Xylene and Toluene

Where do these toxins come from?

Cosmetics, glues and adhesives, paints, paint thinners, leather tanning, rubber and plastic cements, wood stains, automobile exhaust, tobacco smoke, wood burning, gas and kerosene stoves, pressed wood products, synthetic fabrics, evaporation from gasoline service stations.

What is their effect on our wellbeing?

In most cases, short-term exposure results in: drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, coughing, as well as eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation, and, at high levels, unconsciousness. Long-term or chronic exposure may result in: impact fetus development; increase incidence of leukemia (cancer of the tissues that form white blood cells), and contribute to the development of cancers of the kidney, liver, cervix, lymphatic system, nose and throat.