[Histonet] the not-yet-mentioned benefit of plants in the lab

[Merced M Leiker]

So there seem to be 2 trains of thought Histoland regarding plants in the 
lab:

1. Plants are GOOD for both physical and psychological health
2. Plants are BAD because they spread fungus and bacteria and allergens.

Soooo....why not include plants that are the least allergenic while taking 
measures to limit the contamination they (may) cause?

Just a thought...I love my spider plants and philodendrons...

Regards,
Merced

--On Friday, October 23, 2009 8:12 PM -0700 Cheryl <tkngflght <@t> yahoo.com> 
wrote:

> I just read of the plant drama for the lab getting a CAP Phase 1 ding. 
> There was a study done ages and ages ago and certain plants IMPROVE the
> air quality in chemically contaminated environments. (If you have any
> measure of our solvents in the air-your air is contaminated even if it
> is an allowable level.) Live plants also increase the amount of
> available oxygen is closed spaces.    
> We used to keep a BUNCH of spider plants--one of the most beneficial
> species--in our lab for this reason alone.  We also noticed they were
> quite pretty.  I can only speculate that higher oxygen levels, lower
> chemical presence and a visually relaxing environment would contribute
> far more than an occasional bug might detract.  
> Just my two cents (sense?), common as they may be.
>  
> Cheryl
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Merced M Leiker
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