Toxin-eating plants

I have to admit, I’m quite fond of my houseplants. I originally bought a few of them when I lived in a studio flat in order to try and help clean the air. Some plants specialise more in cleaning up harmful chemicals than others, and this page is quite a useful guide to what plants are good for which toxins.

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Intriguing, but I’m afraid it has tripped my embyonic quack-detector. The website in questions claims that “new research shows that readily available and conveniently decorative plants are natural detoxifiers, scrubbing the air of these potentially harmful poisons”. I presume anyone making such claims would have some published research to back them up. So, using their ‘contact us’ form I’ve asked for journal references. I’ll be interested to see their reply.

Daniel Rendall added these pithy words on May 27 08 at 3:09 pm

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