[Histonet] Fwd: Plants

[Lucie Guernsey]

I keep a pothos and spider plant in my lab. EH&S has never complained,
though I can't say one way or another if it's technically allowed.

While my plants are mostly just decorative (I don't think I have enough of
them to make much of a difference), it doesn't hurt that they may be
filtering our air somewhat. NASA compiled a list of air-filtering plants
that can eliminate significant amounts of formaldehyde, xylene, benzene,
etc. (Source:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air-filtering_plants).

Lucie
UCSD
Dept. of Pathology


On Friday, May 11, 2012, Victoria Baker wrote:

> It's probably more toxic for the plants, but I like having them and no one
> has told me I had to remove them.  Ivy's are the most sturdy and the green
> color just perks up things.
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Behnaz Sohrab <SohrabB1 <@t> ah.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > I was told by infectious control person that plants are not allowed in
> the
> > lab?? IS this true? any experience with this?
> > Thank you, Behnaz
> >
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