Air-cleaning plants for indoors?
 

Much was made earlier this week in a feature from the Ideal Home Exhibition
about plants that are particularly good at cleaning harmful chemicals out of
the air in offices and other indoor places (shopping malls etc).

Anyone know of a specialist list online detailing the particularly suitable
species?
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Brian

Brian Watson wrote:
Much was made earlier this week in a feature from the Ideal Home
Exhibition about plants that are particularly good at cleaning
harmful chemicals out of the air in offices and other indoor places
(shopping malls etc).

Anyone know of a specialist list online detailing the particularly
suitable species?

I'd be careful when choosing: claims like that are usually rubbish! A
good air-conditioning system or conventional ventilation would be
better.

Mike.

In message of Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Brian Watson writes
Much was made earlier this week in a feature from the Ideal Home Exhibition
about plants that are particularly good at cleaning harmful chemicals out of
the air in offices and other indoor places (shopping malls etc).

Anyone know of a specialist list online detailing the particularly suitable
species?

ITV's This Morning did a feature on 'healthy' indoor plants a few weeks
ago. Hopefully this link will work:
http://www.itv.com/page.asp?partid=761

It lists the right plants for the right rooms etc.

Quite interesting I thought.
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Rgds
Colette

"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Brian Watson wrote:
Much was made earlier this week in a feature from the Ideal Home
Exhibition about plants that are particularly good at cleaning
harmful chemicals out of the air in offices and other indoor places
(shopping malls etc).

Anyone know of a specialist list online detailing the particularly
suitable species?

I'd be careful when choosing: claims like that are usually rubbish! A
good air-conditioning system or conventional ventilation would be
better.

Thanks, but I don't like the quality of air-conditioned air and anyway it's
ridiculously expensive for what it does.

At the mo' I am using conventional ventilation but I'd like to augment it if
the claims for certain species can be substantiated.
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Brian

"Colette A. O'Brien" wrote in message
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In message of Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Brian Watson writes
Much was made earlier this week in a feature from the Ideal Home
Exhibition
about plants that are particularly good at cleaning harmful chemicals out
of
the air in offices and other indoor places (shopping malls etc).

Anyone know of a specialist list online detailing the particularly
suitable
species?

ITV's This Morning did a feature on 'healthy' indoor plants a few weeks
ago. Hopefully this link will work: http://www.itv.com/page.asp?partid=761

It does. Thank you!

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Brian

"Cicero" wrote in message
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Have a look he http://www.flowers.org.uk/plants/health/clean-air.htm

Thank you. Another good site.

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Brian