Archive for the 'toxins' Category

Your environment.

Posted by Angela on November 28th, 2007 filed in health, toxins

Are you under the assumption that pollution is a modern day problem?  Think again.  In ancient times, the Greeks AND the Romans spewed huge amounts of toxins into the air extracting silver from lead.

The stench of an abandoned canal in
Washington, D.C. clogged with animal carcasses and human waste was so bad it permeated the [...]

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Indoor Plants Clean Air

Posted by Angela on August 28th, 2007 filed in toxins

The peace lily, the Lady palm, ficus, golden pothos and areca palm are easy to grow.  They are insect resistant and will absorb many of the cancer causing chemicals like benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde found in secondhand smoke and other household pollutants.
  

A normal houseplant can filter about six cubic feet of air or about the size [...]

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