Go ‘Green Clean’ – Purify the Air in Your Studio or Office with House Plants!

Go ‘Green Clean’ – Purify the Air in Your Studio or Office with House Plants!

March 12, 2010 Lori McNee · Leave a Comment 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that indoor air quality is often up to 10 times worse than what’s outside – and our studios are even worse than that!

Did you know that house plants can actually benefit our lives and help keep it ‘green’?  For only pennies a day, house plants will help beautify, purify and renew your stuffy studio, office or home by filtering out toxins, pollutants and the carbon dioxide we exhale and replaces them with fresh oxygen!  Besides this, all plants add moisture to the air, and can even help prevent dry skin and sore throats in the winter.

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