Plants have feelings, too.
Geoff
Rene J Buesa wrote:
Isn't out there some "purist" that could consider that using plants to purify the air from noxious
fumes could be a case of "plant cruelty"???!!! (Like the "canary in the mine"?)
René J.
--- On Mon, 10/26/09, Merced M Leiker <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Merced M Leiker <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [Histonet] the not-yet-mentioned benefit of plants in the lab
To: "Edwards, R.E." <[email protected]>, "Cheryl" <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 12:07 PM
Hahaha...if you can create them with filters for sucking out the
formaldehyde and xylene fumes...!
--On Monday, October 26, 2009 3:59 PM +0000 "Edwards, R.E."
<[email protected]> wrote:
Or how about non-allergenic silk flowers or plastic bonsai trees, they
always look the real thing after a glass of red or two...............
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Merced M
Leiker Sent: 26 October 2009 15:49
To: Cheryl; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Histonet] the not-yet-mentioned benefit of plants in the lab
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 <[email protected]>
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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