March 15, 2008 | Allergies, asthma, Health

There are certain plants this time of year that we all want to avoid - the yellow pollinators, and other things that cause asthma and allergy flare-ups. But there are other plants that will actually improve indoor air quality. And when the EPA tells us that indoor air tends to be 5-100 times more toxic than outdoor air, improving air quality indoors suddenly becomes a very big deal. So, if you want some plants that’ll help your home (or office or cubicle…), try one of these:

• Spider plants (reduces formaldehyde)
• Fig trees (reduces formaldehyde)
• English Ivy (helps tackle the impact of petrochemicals)
• Aloe vera (eliminates emissions from most toxic sources)
• Chrysanthemum (reduces formaldehyde, benzene, and ammonia)
• Chinese evergreen
• Bamboo palm
• Peace lillies (removes alcohols, acetone, trichloroethylene, benzene and formaldehyde)

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