Aloe Vera - This plant is known for its ability to remove harmful pollutants from the air and produces lots of oxygen during photosynthesis. It requires very little watering and can tolerate low light conditions.
Snake Plant (Sansevieria trifasciata) - Also called Mother-in-Law’s Tongue, this plant is one of the best air purifiers available. It removes formaldehyde, benzene, trichloroethylene, and other volatile organic compounds from the air. It requires only indirect sunlight and infrequent watering.
Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum) - This fast-growing plant produces large amounts of oxygen and absorbs harmful substances such as carbon monoxide and formaldehyde. It prefers bright indirect light but will also do well in darker areas with no direct sunlight.
English Ivy (Hedera helix) - This climbing vine is excellent at removing airborne mold spores and formaldehyde. However, it should be kept out of reach of pets and children as it is poisonous if ingested.
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii) - This beautiful flowering plant releases oxygen and cleanses the air of toxins like benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene, and ammonia. It thrives in medium or low light and requires regular watering.
The interesting thing would be to know how many plants do you need to purify the air in your office or home. I bet you have to create a small jungle to achieve something.
Bitcoin mining got me very deeply invested into air and water purity. I started with a couple of Rabbit Air filters, but I eventually moved up to two Austin Air Bedroom Machine filters.
The difference in the air quality is stunning. When you leave them off for a couple of weeks, and then turn them back on, it's like a column of air disappears in front of you and it suddenly becomes much easier to breathe. I have friends who have frequent allergies come over and tell me that their sinuses quickly clear up when they stop by. Me, personally, I just clean out my sinuses every morning and I never have an issue for the rest of the day.
That's a great idea, and you're clearly more dedicated to your health than a lot of others around you.
Yeah, Austin Air was always my go-to because they were local where I used to live and they made good products. I'm looking forward soon to the time when I can buy my own land, construct a house from scratch, and set it up so the long term maintenance costs don't even really register. Air quality and water quality are going to be my main focuses, along with keeping it clean like the day it was unboxed. Lol.
Yeah, it would be called living in the woods. Large office buildings have trash air.
It's pretty feasible to maintain good air quality in your own home, with either centrally installed systems, or you can spend $800 or so for a unit that achieves 1 air-change/hr for a 2,000 sq ft space; if you're sensitive, get two. The tradeoff is they make noise when they run, and they aren't exactly beautiful (some are less horrendous than others). You'll have to spend $200-$400 every couple of years for replacement filters, but for VOCs, it seems activated carbon is still the way to go.
The biggest bang for your buck is obviously to live in less polluted places. Rural. Higher elevation. I understand that isn't feasible for everybody.
But, having a couple of house plants isn't really going to do much.
Be careful with English Ivy. Left unchecked, it can ruin a forest in a decade. I've been fighting a particularly invasive cluster since 2017. Almost dead, but it takes a full season to see your results, and I always seem to miss something.
The spiders are only ones i can keep alive. They dont deserve that name. Beautiful plant.
i read nasa documents that discuss how different plants clean VoCs out of the air. Spider was up there. Or snake. I cant remember but variety is good because plants have specialties and some are better at scrubbing certain things from air. Houses are toxic.
Even better than all of those is algae Get an aquarium with snails or shrimp and then you get the water filtering from your air pump plus the algae cleaning it too
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The difference in the air quality is stunning. When you leave them off for a couple of weeks, and then turn them back on, it's like a column of air disappears in front of you and it suddenly becomes much easier to breathe. I have friends who have frequent allergies come over and tell me that their sinuses quickly clear up when they stop by. Me, personally, I just clean out my sinuses every morning and I never have an issue for the rest of the day.
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Yeah, Austin Air was always my go-to because they were local where I used to live and they made good products. I'm looking forward soon to the time when I can buy my own land, construct a house from scratch, and set it up so the long term maintenance costs don't even really register. Air quality and water quality are going to be my main focuses, along with keeping it clean like the day it was unboxed. Lol.
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It's pretty feasible to maintain good air quality in your own home, with either centrally installed systems, or you can spend $800 or so for a unit that achieves 1 air-change/hr for a 2,000 sq ft space; if you're sensitive, get two. The tradeoff is they make noise when they run, and they aren't exactly beautiful (some are less horrendous than others). You'll have to spend $200-$400 every couple of years for replacement filters, but for VOCs, it seems activated carbon is still the way to go.
The biggest bang for your buck is obviously to live in less polluted places. Rural. Higher elevation. I understand that isn't feasible for everybody.
But, having a couple of house plants isn't really going to do much.
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Plants, you can't live without them.
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i read nasa documents that discuss how different plants clean VoCs out of the air. Spider was up there. Or snake. I cant remember but variety is good because plants have specialties and some are better at scrubbing certain things from air. Houses are toxic.
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Get an aquarium with snails or shrimp and then you get the water filtering from your air pump plus the algae cleaning it too
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