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Clearing the air: the hidden wonders of indoor plants

17/01/2018

air cleaners, IAQ, plants, sick building syndrome, VOCs

Plants located in your home or office are beneficial to your health in more ways than you might think. Miss Monk Fraser Torpy, University of Technology Sydney (image above: Miss Monk) It may come as a surprise but air pollution levels indoors are almost always higher than outside, even in busy city centres. Even more surprising…

Why apartment dwellers need indoor plants

28/09/2017

Danica-Lea Larcombe | Pierre Horwitz

IAQ, plants

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The health benefits of being close to nature are well established. priscilla du preez/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Danica-Lea Larcombe, Edith Cowan University The number of Australians living in high-rise apartments doubled between 1991 and 2011 and that trend has continued since then. The quarter-acre dream is fast disappearing and larger blocks and family gardens along with…