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	A to Z Plant list		Curcuma		Ixora		Plumeria
	A to Z  Pictures		Euphorbia   milii		Leaf Plants : Aglaonema ,		Plumeria New !
	Adenium		Heliconia   & Banana		Anthurium, Dieffenbachia
	Adenium New !		Hibiscus		Philodendron others ...
	Aquatic Plants		Hoya		Palms

Experiments report that air in closed rooms is cleaned with one plant for 10 sq. meters. Several species should be mixed to cover the wide range of the pollutants. 

  writes in a reference report of November 2006  : Cleaning up our chemical homes , changing the market to toxic - free products : ".... Chemicals out of control. Hazardous substances that are commonly used as chemical additives in consumer products can migrate out of the product over time. These same chemicals are consistently found in breast milk and umbilical cord blood, which demonstrates their wide, uncontrolled and undesired dispersion. Greenpeace testing has shown that hazardous, man-made chemicals are also widespread in house dust, rainwater and the bodies of eels. These substances can cause a wide range of health effects, including effects on the reproductive system, immune system and impacts on the nervous system and behavioural development. Exposure of the unborn child to minute quantities of hazardous substances can result in permanent irreversible damage... " .. 

Since the 80s laboratories in the world prove their toxicity to human health.

Public awareness of the danger  is now better than at that time and  tropical plants are a cheap and effective solution readily available..

Indoor Plants that break down indoor pollutants and rates of the decomposition over a few days are shown below  source :  http://fr.ekopedia.org/Plante_antipollution

http://www.air-interieur.org/Observatory.aspx

   The purpose of the OQAI (French Indoor Air Quality Observatory), appointed by the public Authorities in the framework of a convention, is to improve knowledge about indoor pollution and its origins and dangers, in order to finalize recommendations in the building field to improve the quality of indoor air.  The Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment  http://www.cstb.fr/  has supported investigations on Chlorophytum comosum ability to remove toluene from air in a closed environment. More on the findings.

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