| The life style of the modern people has drastically | | | | more than 100 poisonous chemicals are found |
| changed; the food habits or living style of the | | | | indoors in comparison to the outdoors. The level |
| people has gone very high. People spent their | | | | of pollution is very high in the indoor. Occupational |
| money in decorating houses in gorgeous manner. | | | | Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is also |
| We see the houses are well furnished and filled | | | | asserts that about more than 30 percent of |
| with decorative materials; the room walls are | | | | Americans are prone to exposed against polluted |
| shining because most expensive paints are used, | | | | and unhealthy air. Today it is believed that indoor |
| the floors are covered with colorful carpets. | | | | air is more harmful and risky for the people. |
| Furniture like sofa, wooden chair, TV stand, | | | | There are ways to combat these harmful |
| shelves etc are crowded at every room. | | | | chemicals and air pollution to certain extend. |
| It will be wrong if we think that the chemical | | | | People must go for houseplants and trees that |
| paints used in the buildings, wooden furniture | | | | can be very effective in removing toxic air from |
| made by using chemical based glues and the | | | | inside. Environmentalists and scientists have |
| colorful carpets synthetically made to cover the | | | | studied that there are about more than 50 |
| floor are harmless. Scientifically, it is studied that | | | | houseplants that can be very helpful to combat |
| these things have toxic substances and can be | | | | pollution. There are plants like spider plant, Boston |
| very harmful and dangerous for human beings. | | | | fern and English Ivy etc are the best living air |
| There is substance like formaldehyde, which can | | | | purifiers. The Boston fern is best to remove |
| trigger many health problems such as allergies, | | | | formaldehyde to great extend. |
| skin cancer and asthma. Formaldehyde can have | | | | It is really important for the people to know |
| its affect for more than twenty years, it is | | | | about these houseplants and their utility and |
| generally found in the paints used in the buildings. | | | | natural performances. People should get inclined |
| The general paints that we use in buildings have | | | | towards nature and make use of these living air |
| more than 20 chemicals and some are very | | | | purifiers in their day today life. |
| harmful for the human body. These chemicals | | | | It has been witnessed and proved that the areas |
| interact with the air and pollute the entire | | | | having trees and plants have less chance of |
| surroundings. The synthetic carpets that used on | | | | pollution, it is because these living air purifiers |
| the floors can emit toxic chemicals that can stay | | | | removes or break down the toxic substances |
| or sustainable for more than 15 years. | | | | naturally. |
| The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has | | | | Why not it should be encouraged to the masses |
| asserted after serious studies and survey of | | | | to have houseplants in their houses, which needs |
| American houses and buildings that there are | | | | no investment unlike the mechanical air purifiers. |