Phytoremediation - Air Purification with Plants

Plants can combine simplicity in technology and low resource use with strong visual appeal and effectively enhance indoor air quality: help regulate temperature, remove toxins like formaldehyde and other pollutants like heavy metals. The use of plants to clean up the environment is called phytoremediation.
Child-safe indoor air-purifying plants - list at Inhabitots
Wikipedia list of air, formaldehyde, xylene & toluene-filtering plants
TOP 10 plants most effective in removing: formaldehyde, benzene, and carbon monoxide from the air
Study summary: How and why potted plants really do clean indoor air - 2005 - University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (PDF)
With only three varieties of plants, we can “grow our own fresh air” indoors, to keep us healthy. (Test results in India in Business Centre, 2009)
Healthy Plants at the Workplace (European Union sponsored)
Check also:
- Plants for people - an international initiative, spreading knowledge of the benefit of plants in a working environment.
- Green Plants for Green Buildings - a national information campaign working in conjunction with
  the industry to inform professionals and the public about the numerous benefits of interior plants.

Phytoremediation Services - USA
Wolverton Environmental Services Massachusetts	Wolverton Environmental Services, Inc. has developed a line of phytoremediation technologies using plants and their root-associated microbes for the treatment of wastewater and in the use of interior plants for improving indoor air quality.
Canada
Air Quality Solutions Ontario	Air Quality Solutions' patented technologies have allowed us to develop two broad classes of Naturaire Systems to improve your indoor air quality. Our systems are superior to other indoor air filters because ours not only captures the pollutants in the air but break these pollutants down into their harmless components.
Australia
Innovative Plant Technology	Provides solutions to architects • landscape architects • facility managers • commercial business • building and construction industry • government
Phytoremediation Resources
International Journal of Phytoremediation	The International Journal of Phytoremediation is the first journal devoted to the publication of current laboratory and field research describing the use of plant systems to remediate contaminated environments.

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Phytoremediation - Air Purification with Plants

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