Pollution, natural remedies

When we talk about polluted air, we immediately think of busy streets and industrial fumes. However, polluted air can also be found inside the house due to how we cook, illuminate, furnish, clean or heat the rooms in whi...

It was 1989 when a work commissioned by NASA was published that aroused a lot of interest, also because it focused on a problem that would become increasingly important over the years, air pollution in homes and offices....

Nephrolepis exaltata, also known as Boston fern, is an evergreen fern with beautiful light green fronds that, when the plant grows indoors, are small, around 20-40 centimeters in length. The fronds fall elegantly to form...

We live in polluted environments, in fact, often the inside of houses contains more toxic and irritating substances than the outside. This is due to the exhaust gas of cars and to the fumes of industries that come from o...

We live in increasingly polluted cities, traffic, heating of houses, factory fumes and some types of materials release toxic substances into the atmosphere and this is a possible cause of different symptoms, from allergi...

Gerbera is an ornamental plant very appreciated thanks to its colorful flowers, similar to daisies. This plant takes its name from the German naturalist Traugott Gerber and belongs to the Asteraceae family, just like the...

Surrounding yourself with plants improves the mood, wakes up the sense of life and serenity. But plants may be also useful to improve the places where we live thanks not just to their ornamental role but also because the...

Chamaedorea elegans, also called parlour palm, is a small plant of the Arecaceae, or palms, family. Native to Mexico, it is nowadays one of the most sold houseplant palms in the world thanks to its elegant appearance, wi...

Cosmetics for the beauty of skin and hair often contain irritating and harmful substances, that’s what we are learning from the posts dedicated to the INCI of cosmetics, the label that, by law, must report all the subs...

In the 1970s, NASA commissioned Dr. B Wolverton a study about the plants that could improve the microclimate in space stations by removing, or at least reducing, the toxic and polluting substances in the air. And Wolvert...

Tillandsia is an evergreen, perennial plant of the Bromeliaceae family, its common name is airplant and is native to Central America. It is not like the other plants, indeed, tillandsia doesn’t need soil, it doesn’t ...

When NASA in the 1970s commissioned Dr. B. Wolverton a study on the plants that could act on the microclimate by fighting the pollutants, the American space agency had in mind to find new solutions for the improvement of...

Golden Pothos, scientific name Scindapsus aureus, belongs to the Araceae family and is a special plant. It is indeed in the list of the 50 anti-pollution plants studied by NASA in the ‘80s. This study, that you can eas...

Sansevieria trifasciata, also known as snake plant or mother in law’s tongue, is a plant belonging to the Liliacee family and native to West Africa and India. It is used as ornamental plant thanks to its fleshy and str...

Clorophytum comosum, also known as spider plant or ribbon plant, is an evergreen plant that belongs to the family of Liliacee and is native to southern Africa. The name derives from the Greek words, chloròs green and ph...

There are plants that are not just ornamental plants but also important tools able to reduce many types of toxic substances released by paints, lacquers, glues, cleaning products or printers in the rooms of houses or off...

A NASA-commissioned study of the ‘70s has made it possible to identify 50 plants able to eliminate toxic substances that tend to accumulate in the environment in which we live. In fact, rooms, houses and offices are of...

Dracaena, lily family, appears among the anti-pollution plants together with the ficus benjamina, philodendron and other plants used to fight the air pollution in houses and rooms. Doctor B. Wolverton, who worked for NAS...

Orchids are a family of perennial herbaceous plants belonging to the order of Orchidales. One of the best-known variety is the Phalaenopsis orchid, the most bought and appreciated. The orchid is not only aesthetically be...

Natural remedies are able to prevent and solve many diseases of everyday life that affect our body, but they can also be helpful to reduce the effects of pollution of rooms in which you live or work. NASA, in the late '8...