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From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Houseplants Remove Indoor Air Pollu
Message-ID: <1591@utah-gr.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 02:00:36 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 26 02:00:36 1985
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Reply-To: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept
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There was an article in the August-September issue of National Wildlife
magazine.  Bill Wolverton, a NASA scientist has been studying the
pollution fighting capabilities of indoor plants, with an eye towards
using them for absorbing airborne pollutants in space.  He found that
spider plants were the best: "One spider plant per room would help to
alleviate the buildup of nitrogen oxides where combustion is occuring.
However, to absorb the formaldehyde that seeps out of ... insulation,
resins and other synthetic products, an average-sized home would need
about 15 spider plants."
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=Spencer   ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA)
	"The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has
	 so little to recommend it."  -- Allan Sherman


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