Posts tagged ‘quality’
The Three Plants That Will Improve Your Home Air
Spring is here and the garden centers are open. It’s time to get some plants, especially for inside your home.
Indoor plants are really important. There are chemicals in and on almost everything you buy. If your air is not replenished with fresh air, it can be mildly toxic. But, with the right mix of plants, your air can be cleaned and oxygenated around the clock.
With as little as these three plants, you can have this perfect mix:
- Areca palm – (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
- Snake plant or mother-in-law’s tongue – (Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Laurentii’)
- Golden pothos or Devil’s ivy – (Scindapsus aures or Epipremnum aureum)
The “Areca Palm” removes CO2 and converts it into oxygen during the day. The “Snake Plant” converts CO2 into oxygen at night. The “Golden pothos” removes formaldehyde and other chemicals from your air.
Using these plants has shown significant oxygen level improvements in real world situations. Having these plants in your home can increase blood oxygen levels by 1% in 10 hours. They can reduce headaches, eye irritation, asthma and other respiratory problems.
These three plants are just a few of the many plants that are considered Air Filtering Plants. NASA has identified a number of similar plants in it’s Clean Air Study — an attempt to understand natural ways to purify air in closed spaces, on earth and beyond.
Read about the other plants or watch Kamal Meattle’s talk at TED for more info.
Broken Secrets | By: Chad Upton
Subscribe on: Facebook | Twitter | Kindle
Photo: Leto A (cc)
Sources: TED, Air Filtering Plants
Airplanes Refresh Cabin Air 20 Times an Hour
I was on an airplane a couple days ago and the person in front of me was coughing a lot, they sounded really sick.
I was just starting my vacation and the last thing I wanted was to get sick. So, I couldn’t help thinking about being trapped on the plane for the next four hours, breathing the same air as them.
I started to think about the air quality in general. I mean, people always talk about how bad jetliner air quality is, but I really didn’t know much about it.
I did some research and the air quality on planes, at least newer ones, seems pretty good.
Firstly, the air is not circulated from front to back, it is circulated side to side. That means you’re mostly sharing the air with the people in your immediate area, not the entire plane, which reduces the spread of germs. (more…)
