Dawn
House plants do not clean the air says a new study. Some years ago NASA had recommended a number of plants to improve air quality at home. There were articles all over the internet about these house plants and the spider plant was even called the oxygen plant.
However, the new study ( path breaking study they call it) says house plants do not positively impact the air quality. Those claims made earlier about plants cleansing the air ‘are overrated and a myth’ it says.
This new study also mentions that it would take up to 93 plants for every sq. foot of floor space to clean the air. Individual plants do soak up toxins in the air the study says, but the impact is negligible.
I really wouldn’t care too much about these studies, growing plants does more than clean up air, it has various other positive impact on our physical and mental health. Gardening reduces stress, it has been proved and in the recent news I read that doctors now prescribe growing plants to reduce anxiety and stress related illnesses.
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Question of
Do you believe in everything you read?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Would you stop having house plants because some studies say they don’t make a significant impact?
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Yes
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No
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Our house is surrounded by plants and we have clear glass windows. I do know there are a few plants that help the environment. I have not paid much attention as the area around us is not at all polluted.
You are so blessed to live in a clean environment, we live amid pollution and toxicity everyday. My friends and I have to constantly fight with people and governments cutting trees.
I agree with you! I keep plants because they make me happy. If they have a positive impact on the air, that’s just a bonus to me.
That is how I look at it too Ellie925. Nice to hear from you.
I like having plants around indoors. Green things are nice to look at.
Not to mention having fresh herbs in the winter.
I guess fresh herbs in a winter is a important for you who live on the other side of the globe, for us we are blessed with them all year through. Thank you Howard Faxon for stopping by.
I don’t already have room flowers because everything dies to me … I obviously can’t work with it …
Oh no, that is very sad. Perhaps the weather doesn’t help you so much.
I probably have too much in the house and that’s why everything dies, dear Dawn