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Old 03-01-2013, 02:48 AM posted to rec.gardens
Stuart Strand Stuart Strand is offline
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Default Would you buy a GMO houseplant that could really scrub your airof pollutants?

Not on my budget. I see on net that some plants are better than others.



I'd go for them if so inclined but I'm not. I'm not afraid of a ppb




of any common chemical in the air I breathe.




Yeah, Frank, but I'll bet that you're not as susceptible to those common known carcinogens as the babies that spend all of their time breathing those common home air pollutants.






Maybe. I'm a retired chemist and have been exposed to more of these

things then the average person and, so far, am cancer free.



I understand that we chemists live longer than average - must be all

those chemicals.


Frank, back in the day I knew chemists who routinely smoked in the lab; you could tell because there were lots of burn marks along the edge of the lab bench. And these were organic chemists, with flammable solvent bubbling away in the nearby hood! LOL! But they would assure me that, no worries: they hadn't been blown up yet.

If you are a scientist, you should read the literature on toxicology and not spout nonsense.