We breathe a lot of air every day. We breathe in oxygen and other gasses and exhale carbon dioxide. Fortunately, plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen as part of the photosynthetic process. Also, plants remove other chemicals, such as nitrogen oxides, airborne ammonia, some sulfur dioxide and ozone that are part of the smog and greenhouse effect problems.
That’s why you want to put plants in your house to clean the air. Here are a few of the top household plants to put in your house in order to have naturally cleaner air.
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Razi Berry, Founder and Publisher of Naturopathic Doctor News & Review (ndnr.com) and NaturalPath (thenatpath.com), has spent the last decade as a natural medicine advocate and marketing whiz. She has galvanized and supported the naturopathic community, bringing a higher quality of healthcare to millions of North Americans through her publications. A self-proclaimed health-food junkie and mother of two; she loves all things nature, is obsessed with organic gardening, growing fruit trees (not easy in Phoenix), laughing until she snorts, and homeschooling. She is a little bit crunchy and yes, that is her real name.