So the easiest way to improve your indoor air is to clean your biggest air filter in your home and that is your wall to wall carpet. But, do not just clean it, have it professionally clean! But, do not just pick any cleaner, pick The Healthy Carpet (919) 446-5379, we clean with your health in mind. Using NO Water, NO MOLDS and NO Chemical!
The second easiest way to improve your indoor air is to have indoor plants! NASA researchers suggest efficient air cleaning is accomplished with at least one plant per 100 square feet of home or office space.1
As mom, we are concern on what is poisonous and not. The list of plants below are NON-Toxic Indoor Air plants! I also added the picture so you know exactly the kind of plants we are looking for. Have fun!
Dypsis lutescens, also known as bamboo palm, golden cane palm, areca palm, yellow palm, or butterfly palm, is a speciesof flowering plant in the Arecaceae family
Nephrolepis exaltata, the sword fern, is a species of fern in the family Lomariopsidaceae (sometimes treated in the familiesDavalliaceae or Oleandraceae, or in its own family, Nephrolepidaceae), native to tropical regions throughout the world.
Nephrolepis obliterata (Kimberley Queen fern) is a species of fern in the family Lomariopsidaceae.[1] This fern originated in Australia, but is relatively easy cultivate indoors worldwide.[2]
Liriope spicata is a species of low, herbaceous flowering plants from East Asia. Common names include creeping lilyturf, creeping liriope, lilyturf, and monkey grass. This perennial has grass-like evergreen foliage and is commonly used in landscaping in temperate climates as groundcover. Creeping lilyturf has white to lavender flowers which produce single-seeded berries on a spike in the fall.
Rhapis excelsa also known as Broadleaf Lady Palm or “The Lady Palm” is a species of fan palm
Dendrobium is a huge genus of orchids. Who would have think that this beautiful orchids not only make us feel good by its look but also by its power to clean the air we breath!
Phalaenopsis /ˌfælᵻˈnɒpsɪs/ Blume (1825), known as moth orchids, abbreviated Phal in the horticultural trade
The first list of air-filtering plants was compiled by NASA as part of a clean air study published in 1989,[1][2][4]
Reference:
1. Pottorff, L. Plants “Clean” Air Inside Our Homes. Colorado State University & Denver County Extension Master Gardener. 2010.
2. Wolverton, B. C., et al. (1984). Foliage plants for removing indoor air pollutants from energy-efficient homes. Economic Botany 38(2), 224-28.
3. Jump up^ Wolverton, B. C., et al. A study of interior landscape plants for indoor air pollution abatement: an interim report. NASA. July, 1989.