permaculture

["Kelly Finigan" <kfinigan@telus.net>]

IAQ:

some plants clean certain nasties from the air...Bill Wolverton has done
lots of work on this for NASA (confined air recirculating in space ships I
would think) and others. They really work - my sweetie put a few in her
newly renovated workplace and it helped a lot. Lots less electricity than
filters/purifiers...less EMFs too...from
http://www.zone10.com/wsdocs/tech/NASA/fyh.htm,

      TOP 10 plants most effective in removing:

      formaldehyde, benzene, and carbon monoxide from the air.



            Common Name  Scientific Name
            Bamboo Palm  Chamaedorea Seifritzii
            Chinese Evergreen  Aglaonema Modestum
            English Ivy  Hedera Helix
            Gerbera Daisy  Gerbera Jamesonii
            Janet Craig  Dracaena "Janet Craig"
            Marginata  Dracaena Marginata
            Mass cane/Corn Plant  Dracaena Massangeana
            Mother-in-Law's Tongue  Sansevieria Laurentii
            Pot Mum  Chrysantheium morifolium
            Peace Lily  Spathiphyllum "Mauna Loa"
            Warneckii  Dracaena "Warneckii"



EMFs;
1    minimise electricity gadgets;
2    avoid ones with transformers - the transformation process turns AC into
DC and sends off EMFs...especially avoid plug-in clock radios - bad EMFs and
most people put them right at their heads..also, cell phones;
3    avoid placing your favourite chair or bed (places you will be a lot)
adjacent where the electricity comes into the building. In our townhouse,
there is very measurable "field" about 1.5 ft thick and 4 ft wide inside the
house at this spot...this "zone" extends over all three stories at the same
spot.
4    TV and computer screens - they shoot cathode rays at your eyes (well,
actually through them, onto your cornea to form images)...laptop computers
are WAY!! better - liquid crystal display from which light is reflected to
your eye.

hope this helps,

Kelly





Kelly Finigan, M.Sc. P.Eng., Permaculture Designer
Essential Elements Inc.
744 - 4 Street NW       Calgary, Alberta, Canada         T2N 1P2
1-403-283-7270           fax 283-9783     kfinigan@telus.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Claude William Genest" <genest@together.net>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 2:01 AM
Subject: [permaculture] Air quality.....


>
> I may be living in a brand-new conventionally built house next year that
> will be chock full of off-gassing toxins....
>
> What can one do to alleviate that problem ?
>
> Do air-filters/purifiers help?
>
>  What ae the chief culprits ( carpets/cabinets?)
>
> Are there alternative glues/materials that you could recommend?
>
> Also, is there a way to lessen electro-magnetic radiation within a hi-tech
> "wired" house ?
>
> The house will go up next Spring so there's still time to substitute
> things...
>
> Thanks....
>
> Claude
>
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