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Indoor plants remove cancer-causing toxins from air: Study
According to a new study, plants can efficiently remove toxic fumes and cancer-causing compounds from indoor air, providing you with better air quality in a short period of time. The findings are groundbreaking because this is the first study to show that plants can clean up petrol vapours. The researchers also demonstrated that indoor plants can remove cancer-causing toxins like benzene.
The new study was led by Associate Professor Fraser Torpy, a bioremediation researcher at the University of Technology Sydney, in collaboration with Ambius, a plantscaping company. They discovered that the Ambius small green wall, which contains a variety of indoor plants, effectively removed carcinogenic pollutants. According to a press release from the University of Technology Sydney, it removed 97% of the most toxic compounds from the surrounding air in just eight hours.
Ambius General Manager Johan Hodgson commented on the study, saying it provided new evidence into the critical role that indoor plants and green walls play in cleaning the air we breathe quickly and sustainably.
"We know that indoor air quality is frequently significantly worse than outdoor air quality, which has an impact on both mental and physical health." "However, the good news is that this study has shown that something as simple as having plants indoors can make a significant difference," he said in a press release.
Furthermore, the findings demonstrate how plants can eliminate gasoline-related compounds, which frequently leak into workplaces and buildings. Petrol fumes are one of the most common sources of toxic compounds in buildings around the world. Breathing in these fumes causes lung irritation, headaches, and nausea, and previous research has linked long-term exposure to an increased risk of cancer, asthma, and other chronic diseases, contributing to a lower life expectancy.
"Not only can plants remove the majority of pollutants from the air in a matter of hours, but they also remove the most harmful gasoline-related pollutants from the air most efficiently," Torpy explained in the statement. "For example, known carcinogen benzene is digested at a faster rate than less harmful substances, such as alcohols."