Plants - The Natural Air Fresheners !!

Author: Saddam Wazir

Though an Air Purifier can do some of the work of making the air around us, whether at home or at office, a little bit fresh but plants can do the filtering of air in a better way than a machine in a natural manner. In addition to this they can do it without the usage of the energy from electricity resources, and also, plants look quite pleasant and have a natural touch as well.

Indoor air pollution is considered to be one of the worst dilemmas that we are facing in this century. We breathe pollutants on daily basis as we are exposed to a wide range of indoor air contaminants such as toxin, smoke, chemicals and detergents fumes etc.

According to a NASA study, ‘house plants can purify and revitalize air in our homes and offices and can protect us from the externalities of such common toxins as benzene formaldehyde and ammonia.

Plants act as a filtering agent by absorbing toxins through their leaves especially plants having the largest leaves. The theory is that when plants do the absorbing first, our nose and lungs take on less of a burden. That leads to the reduced incidents of asthma, allergies etc.

Now we have to decide the suitable place to keep plants. It will need to be easily accessible and where we can have the odd waters, window sills and sunlight available. Usually bedrooms are an excellent place for plants as plants convert Carbon Dioxide into Oxygen. Rooms that are heavily laden with electrical equipments such as TVs, fridge, microwave ovens, air conditioners, computers and other such appliances and also those areas that have high potential of fumes are also favorable for keeping plants in.

Here is the list of top ten plants that can be selected as an air freshener.

1. Areca Palm
2. Reed Palm
3. Dwarf date palm
4. Boston fern
5. Janet Craig dracaena
6. English Ivy
7. Australian Sword fern
8. Peace Lily
9. Rubber plant
10. Weeping fig.