Come on – go inside and get some fresh air!
Come on – go inside and get some fresh air!
Off gassing from carpets, paints, joinery products like melamine and MDF or custom wood are just the beginning of the list of materials that can introduce damaging toxins into your home.
Chemicals can be introduced into our homes from furniture, solvents, cleaning products and other building materials.
When combined with low levels of oxygen through re-circulated air (as we breathe out carbon dioxide), we can suffer from nausea, dizziness, headaches, tiredness, and skin, eye, nose and throat irritation.
If you have a lock up garage that isn’t vented effectively, petrol vapors from the car may be building up as well. Toxins can also be introduced by mould from damp windows or rooms – this can occur in new homes too.
If the toxins are already in your home, it can be simple to free your self from them and improve your health.
So what’s the solution?
The right choice of indoor plants will absorb many of these nasty chemicals that re-circulate through our homes as well as via air conditioning in workplaces and commercial premises. A study by the University of Technology Sydney in commercial premises showed that 3 pot plants for a room of 10-12m2 reduced the levels of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) in the room by 50-70%.
In the early 1980's, work by Dr. Wolverton on the indoor air pollution in the NASA Skylab project found that common house plants have the ability to reduce the levels of VOC’s in sealed experimental chambers.
Dr. Wolverton's book "ECO Friendly House Plants" lists the ability of 50 common house plants to remove Volatile Organic Compounds from indoor Air. Some of the plants on the list include:
Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum 'Vittatum'),
Florist's Mum (Chrysanthemum morifolium),
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum sp.) and,
Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata 'Bostoniensis')
As well as including indoor plants in your home, minimising or removing these toxins or fumes may be as simple as ventilation. Opening the windows and doors, or installing exhaust fans. If due to lifestyle constraints or other reasons you aren’t able to keep your home well ventilated through opening windows, then consider a suitable mechanical ventilation system that filters incoming air.
Come on – go inside and get some fresh air!
Come on go inside and get some fresh air - To learn more about this author, visit Libe Chacos's Website.
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Poorly ventilated buildings with lower oxygen levels have been directly linked with Sick Building Syndrome.
Off gassing from carpets, paints, joinery products like melamine and MDF or custom wood are just the beginning of the list of materials that can introduce damaging toxins into your home.
Chemicals can be introduced into our homes from furniture, solvents, cleaning products and other building materials.
When combined with low levels of oxygen through re-circulated air (as we breathe out carbon dioxide), we can suffer from nausea, dizziness, headaches, tiredness, and skin, eye, nose and throat irritation.
If you have a lock up garage that isn’t vented effectively, petrol vapors from the car may be building up as well. Toxins can also be introduced by mould from damp windows or rooms – this can occur in new homes too.
If the toxins are already in your home, it can be simple to free your self from them and improve your health.
So what’s the solution?
The right choice of indoor plants will absorb many of these nasty chemicals that re-circulate through our homes as well as via air conditioning in workplaces and commercial premises. A study by the University of Technology Sydney in commercial premises showed that 3 pot plants for a room of 10-12m2 reduced the levels of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) in the room by 50-70%.
In the early 1980's, work by Dr. Wolverton on the indoor air pollution in the NASA Skylab project found that common house plants have the ability to reduce the levels of VOC’s in sealed experimental chambers.
Dr. Wolverton's book "ECO Friendly House Plants" lists the ability of 50 common house plants to remove Volatile Organic Compounds from indoor Air. Some of the plants on the list include:
Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum 'Vittatum'),
Florist's Mum (Chrysanthemum morifolium),
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum sp.) and,
Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata 'Bostoniensis')
As well as including indoor plants in your home, minimising or removing these toxins or fumes may be as simple as ventilation. Opening the windows and doors, or installing exhaust fans. If due to lifestyle constraints or other reasons you aren’t able to keep your home well ventilated through opening windows, then consider a suitable mechanical ventilation system that filters incoming air.
Come on – go inside and get some fresh air!
Come on go inside and get some fresh air - To learn more about this author, visit Libe Chacos's Website.
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