Selecting the right house plant could improve indoor air

ENN
Aug 24, 2016, 8:30 am53 pts
Indoor air pollution is an important environmental threat to human health, leading to symptoms of "sick building syndrome." But researchers report that surrounding oneself with certain house plants could combat the potentially harmful effects of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a main category of these…

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