{"id":197757,"date":"2019-02-25T07:48:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T05:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/197757\/clean-homes-air\/"},"modified":"2019-02-25T07:48:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T05:48:18","slug":"clean-homes-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2019\/02\/25\/clean-homes-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean your home\u2019s air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By including these plants in your home not only will you increase oxygen production but you will also add ambiance to your surroundings.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Aloe<\/b><br \/>\nThis plant is great for increasing the oxygen level in the home because it absorbs the carbon dioxide, formaldehyde and carbon monoxide. Nine air purifiers can be replaced with one Aloe Vera plant.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Ficus<\/b><br \/>\nThis plant doesn\u2019t need a lot of light and you can maintain it easily. It is quite effective in purifying the air of formaldehyde. But avoid it if you have pets or small children because its leaves may be poisonous.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ivy<\/b><br \/>\nThis is a must-have herb. If you buy this plant, within six hours it will remove 58 per cent of faecal particles and 60 per cent of the toxins in the air.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Spider plant<\/b><br \/>\nThis plant is amazing as it is able to perform photosynthesis under minimal light. It is great in absorbing toxins from the air as carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, gasoline and styrene. One plant is enough to clean the air in a 200 square metres space.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Snake planet<\/b><br \/>\nThis plant is endurable and should be kept at home. It can perform photosynthesis under minimal light. It is great to be kept in the bedroom as it produces oxygen during the night.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Peace lilies<\/b><br \/>\nIt removes toxins from the air and it also removes formaldehyde from the air as well as trichloroethylene.<br \/>\n\u2022 Information obtained from www.howtomotivation.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='bd18c0ab8c60f9800d84451cc1f867dc'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that plants in our home release oxygen. But few of us know that they are able to clean the air of mould and toxins which is great for health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":197758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton local media","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[12226,24974,24975,6059,24976,6602,24977,11636],"class_list":["post-197757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-aloe","tag-clean-air","tag-ficus","tag-home","tag-ivy","tag-lifestyle-2","tag-peace-lilies","tag-plants"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["aloe","clean air","ficus","home","ivy","lifestyle","peace lilies","plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}