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Plants and Air Quality

General

• http://blankees.com/house/plants/air_cleaners.htm
• http://www.gardenguides.com/articles/houseplants.htm

The Three Toxins Plants Filter

• Trichloroethylene http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/phs8824.html
• Benzene http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/phs8803.html
• Formaldehyde http://www.nsc.org/ehc/indoor/formald.htm

Why Do Plants Make You Feel Good?

Horticultural therapy and research into plant-human interactions.

Recommended:

• "What Good Is Community Greening?" By David Malakoff, American Community Gardening Association
• The Need for Nature, Part II "Why nature should serve as a model for built environments." Julie Stewart-Pollack, IIDA, IDEC, EDA

  
  "Dynamics of Horticultural Therapy". Diane Relf, Professor of Horticulture. Originally published in Rehab. Lit. 42:147-150, 1981.

  
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