Episode 75: do houseplants clean the air?
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
You’ve read the headlines, but do houseplants really clean the air in your house? A Nasa study from decades ago is the oft-cited authority on the subject, but surely there must be some more recent research into the topic?
Thankfully, the answer is yes. Curtis Gubb is in the final year of a PhD at the University of Birmingham. He’s working on a project to discover whether houseplants really do have a positive effect on air quality, working in partnership with the RHS. I chatted to him about his research findings so far, and found out a bit more about the truth behind the headlines on air quality and houseplants as a route to healthy skin
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| 0:00.0 | It's Jane Perrone here. I'm feeling so festive I'm thinking of renaming the show on the sledge. |
| 0:22.9 | What do you think? |
| 0:29.6 | That was my husband's idea, I'm blaming him. |
| 0:32.4 | I'm not sure he is to be trusted with naming a podcast. |
| 0:35.8 | He wanted to call this podcast Sage Against the |
| 0:40.1 | Washing Machine. I kid you not. In this week's On the Ledge podcast, we're finding out whether |
| 0:47.1 | houseplants really do clean the air around you, discovering one surprising thing that might be causing a lot of air pollution in your home, |
| 0:57.0 | and answering a question about teeny tiny ferns for terrariums. Those of you who have been |
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| 2:06.2 | The top 10 plants removing indoor toxins. Five houseplants that will help clean the gross |
| 2:12.3 | polluted air. Four powerful air purifying plants to clean the air in your home. |
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