Natural Air Purifiers

Houseplants are great for purifying air and getting rid of unwanted smells. Other suggestions to purify air include:

• Aloe is great for sunny kitchen and helps clear the air of chemical-based cleaners. Philodendron Scandens is resilient so can be placed in most rooms and it combats carbon monoxide.
• Add a Gerber daisy to your bedroom or laundry room to filter out trichloroethylene, which is found in detergents and dry cleaning. A Sansevieria is best known for filtering our air pollutants and formaldehyde, which is common in cleaning products, toilet paper and personal care products. Place one of these in your bathroom.
• Place a Scindapsus Aureus in your garage; they cascade from a hanging basket and combat car exhaust fumes. It is a great plant because it remains green even when kept in the dark.
• For your home office, put a Chrysanthemum which not only brightens a home office or living room, but the blooms also help filter benzene which is found in glue, paint, plastics and detergent. It requires bright light so place on a sunny windowsill.
  
  More plants that purify air:
•  Ivy
•  Ficus
•  Spathiphyllum
•  Ferns
•  Palms
   

extracted from: Fedhealth House Call Issue Number 8 August 2011 Page 2