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5 Air-Purifying Houseplants to Improve Air Quality

Indoor air can sometimes be more polluted than air outside. Some houseplants can help remove these impurities from the air

bySadie Baker-Wacks
January 31, 2022
in Eco Life, Home, Uncategorized
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The following five houseplants are all featured in NASA’s list of top air-purifying houseplants and have been proven to remove the three most harmful VOCs, benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene. On top of improving air quality, they also bring a nice touch of greenery and conviviality to your home.

A study conducted by NASA revealed that there are certain air-purifying houseplants that remove Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from the air. While not all VOCs are bad, those that are harmful are known to cause cancer and other undesirable health effects. They can be found in materials used for central heating and cooling systems, as well as in everyday items found in our homes, such as carpets, cleaning products and furniture components.  New research suggests that indoor air can therefore have 3 to 5 times more pollutants than outdoor air, which points to the importance of good air ventilation and purification in our homes. 

Peace Lily

PEACE LILY

With its beautiful foliage and pure white flowers, this plant can grow in any indoor situation, but should avoid direct sunlight. Originally from the tropical rainforests of South America, it blooms for two months in spring. Keep your pets away from it, as the flowers can be poisonous. 

Florist Chrysanthemum

FLORIST CHRYSANTHEMUM 

This Chinese plant features big colored flowers and thick leathery leaves. It gets its name from the Greek words chryos, meaning gold, and anthemom, meaning flower. The plant should remain in a cool and bright location, and blooms for 6 to 8 weeks in the fall.

MOTHER-IN-LAW’S TONGUE 

Very popular and hardy, snake plants usually have green banded leaves, while the mother-in-law’s tongue typically features a yellow border. First cultivated in China, it was believed that eight gods bestowed each of their virtues upon those that grew them. 

Easy to grow and durable, they will thrive in either very bright light or almost dark corners of the house. Keep your pets away from it, as this is one of the air-purifying houseplants that is moderately toxic. 

 

Dracaena Dermensis

DRACAENA DERMENSIS

Originating from Africa, these plants are among the sturdiest on the planet. Pretty and very resistant, they require very little water and low light, which makes them perfect air-purifying houseplants.  They can easily live on the floor or on a low shelf. If the growing conditions are suitable, a dracaena “janet craig” may produce a one-meter stalk with large fragrant white flowers. 

English Ivy

ENGLISH IVY (Hedera Helix)

This rampant clinging evergreen vine prefers bright light. Without it, ivy will become leggy, sickly and prone to pests. Even though it is a climbing plant, it can be trained to grow in a topiary. Along with its air quality benefits, the English ivy can also help modulate the temperature in-house, keeping it cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

There are many ways to purify the air in your home.  Using air-purifying houseplants is a cheaper and more sustainable way to improve the air quality indoors.


Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed here by Impakter.com columnists are their own, not those of Impakter.com. — In the Featured Photo: Potted Green Indoor Plants.  Featured Photo Credit: Huy Phan from Pexels

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Sadie Baker-Wacks

Sadie Baker-Wacks

Sadie Baker-Wacks is an editorial assistant and community manager intern at Impakter, currently based in Portland, Oregon. She Graduated from Reed College in 2020 with a B.A. in philosophy. She is very interested in consumerism from an environmental and moral standpoint and wrote her undergraduate thesis on virtue ethics and consumerism. In her free time, she enjoys spending time outside, reading, and seeing live music (when possible)!

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