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How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office

How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office Soft cover - 1997

by B. C. Wolverton

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Penguin Books, 1997. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A tight, clean and unmarked copy. How pure is the air you breathe?Plants are the lungs of the earth: they produce the oxygen that makes life possible, add precious moisture, and filter toxins. Houseplants can perform these essential functions in your home or office with the same efficiency as a rainforest in our biosphere.In research designed to create a breathable environment for a NASA lunar habitat, noted scientist Dr. B.C. Wolverton discovered that houseplants are the best filters of common pollutants such as ammonia, formaldehyde, and benzene. Hundreds of these poisonous chemicals can be released by furniture, carpets, and building material, and then trapped by closed ventilation systems, leading to the host of respiratory and allergic reactions now called Sick Building Syndrome. In this full-color, easy-to-follow guide, Dr. Wolverton shows you how to grow and nurture 50 plants as accessible and trouble-free as the tulip and the Boston fern, and includes many beautiful but commonly found varieties not generally thought of as indoor plants. He also rates each plant for its effectiveness in removing pollutants, and its ease of growth and maintenance.Studies show that Americans spend ninety percent of their lives indoors, which means that good indoor air quality is vital for good health. How to Grow Fresh Air will show you how to purify the environment that has the most impact on you.
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  • Title How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office
  • Author B. C. Wolverton
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date 1997
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 008402
  • ISBN 9780140262438 / 0140262431
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.5 in (23.88 x 18.80 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects House plants, Household ecology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97142929
  • Dewey Decimal Code 635.965

Summary

How pure is the air you breathe?

Plants are the lungs of the earth: they produce the oxygen that makes life possible, add precious moisture, and filter toxins. Houseplants can perform these essential functions in your home or office with the same efficiency as a rainforest in our biosphere.

In research designed to create a breathable environment for a NASA lunar habitat, noted scientist Dr. B.C. Wolverton discovered that houseplants are the best filters of common pollutants such as ammonia, formaldehyde, and benzene. Hundreds of these poisonous chemicals can be released by furniture, carpets, and building material, and then trapped by closed ventilation systems, leading to the host of respiratory and allergic reactions now called Sick Building Syndrome. In this full-color, easy-to-follow guide, Dr. Wolverton shows you how to grow and nurture 50 plants as accessible and trouble-free as the tulip and the Boston fern, and includes many beautiful but commonly found varieties not generally thought of as indoor plants. He also rates each plant for its effectiveness in removing pollutants, and its ease of growth and maintenance.

Studies show that Americans spend ninety percent of their lives indoors, which means that good indoor air quality is vital for good health. How to Grow Fresh Air will show you how to purify the environment that has the most impact on you.

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About the author

B. C. Wolverton is a scientist and writer known for How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office and Growing Clean Water: Nature's Solution to Water Pollution. Wolverton expertly conducted more than 30 years of revolutionary research as a civilian scientist with the U.S. military and as a Senior Research Scientist with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.