| Common indoor houseplants may provide a | | | | determine their effectiveness in removing several |
| valuable weapon in the fight against rising levels of | | | | key pollutants associated with indoor air pollution. |
| indoor air pollution. The plants in your office or | | | | NASA research on indoor plants found that living |
| home are not only decorative, but NASA | | | | plants are so efficient at absorbing contaminants |
| scientists are finding them surprisingly useful in | | | | in the air that some will be launched into space as |
| absorbing potentially harmful gases and cleaning | | | | part of the biological life support system aboard |
| the air inside modern buildings. | | | | future orbiting space stations. |
| A sophisticated pollution-absorbing device: the | | | | Each plant type was placed in sealed, Plexiglas |
| common indoor plant may provide a natural way | | | | chambers in which chemicals were injected. |
| of helping combat "Sick Building Syndrome". | | | | Philodendron, spider plant and the golden pothos |
| Research into the use of biological processes to | | | | were labeled the most effective in removing |
| solve environmental problems, both on Earth and | | | | formaldehyde molecules. |
| in space has been carried out for many years by | | | | NASA research has consistently shown that living, |
| Dr. Bill Wolverton, formerly a senior research | | | | green and flowering plants can remove several |
| scientist at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, | | | | toxic chemicals from the air in building interiors. |
| Bay St. Louis, Miss. | | | | You can use plants in your home or office to |
| Based on preliminary evaluations of the use of | | | | improve the quality of the air to make it a more |
| common indoor plants for indoor air purification | | | | pleasant place to live and work - where people |
| and revitalization a study using about a dozen | | | | feel better, perform better, any enjoy life more. |
| popular varieties of houseplants was done to | | | | |