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From the abstract, this is a meta study. It recognizes that potted plants do improve indoor air quality, but the amount is extremely insignificant. The paper no
by mooman219 7y ago
From the abstract, this is a meta study. It recognizes that potted plants do improve indoor air quality, but the amount is extremely insignificant. The paper notes that it rather see studies focus on other areas that indoor plants might be actually beneficial at like reducing VOCs and providing basic bio-filtration instead of cleaning air in general.
- chrisseaton 7y agoI thought a result that was 'insignificant' meant that it was not possible to tell if it was an improvement or sampling noise?
- dwd 7y agoThey do remove VOCs, but you basically need to be living in an indoor jungle with 10-1000 plants per square metre. Back in the 80's I remember visiting the home of the town mayor that had a lounge room sized atrium overflowing with ferns in the centre of the house (basically an indoor greenhouse) that could be accessed from each room. Doesn't sound like that will do as much as you might hope for.