10 Amazing Air Purifying Plants for Indoors, and How to incorporate them into Your Interior Design
Air Purifying Plants for Indoors, and How to incorporate them into Your Interior Design. When we think of “fresh air”, most of us remember a time we spent hiking through the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest or meandering beside a cool stream buried deep in the woods in our local state park. The crisp smell of freshness and abundant oxygen provided by the natural world differs vastly from the smog-infested air of our cities and the staleness of the air inside our homes and workplaces. Might there be a way to mimic the freshness of the air in the natural world inside our homes?
The Importance of Indoor Air Quality
On a global scale, the World Health Organization estimates that over four million people die each year because of exposure to extreme levels of indoor air pollutants. While many of those cases are related to families in the developing world who are exposed to carbon monoxide through cooking indoors with firewood or charcoal, indoor air quality in the United States also has its challenges.