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Article: Houseplants: clearing the air. (anti-pollution properties of houseplants)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- November 1, 1988
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HOUSEPLANTS: CLEARING THE AIR
What NASA researchers have discovered about the anti-pollution properties of plants in orbit can help you be healthier in your own home.
Scientists have long been aware that plants improve the quality of people's lives. In ways not fully understood, living foliage affects our attitudes, lowers stress levels, and increases job performance. It even reduces noise levels in our environment. Researchers have discovered that patients with plants present during convalescence get well faster than those with no visual contact with nature.
The mere tending of plants seems to have a calming influence on most people. In fact, ...