Re: [Aroid-l] depolluting plants

From: Theodore Held <oppenhauser2001 at gmail.com> on 2011.12.08 at 14:35:20(22453) Genevieve, I have never heard of this term myself. It seems from your message that people are advertising plants as being "de-polluted". Is that correct? If that is so, my initial reaction is that it is a false claim. The amount of pollution is going to be almost unimaginably low in a cultivated plant that looks healthy. Even if a plant did have some low level of pollution (and one wonders what that term might mean; it could mean heavy metals, plutonium, organic toxins, or any number of substances) in its tissues, unless you ate a very large quantity, the transfer to you or your environment will be essentially nil. Maybe someone else has better information here. But you raise my natural scientific skepticism. Ted Held +More Research Chemist. 2011/12/5 Geneviève Ferry : > Dear aroiders , > > I want your opinion on depolluting plants because the aroids family is > often present (Anthurium, Pothos, Philodendron and especially > Spathyphillum). There are scientific studies about aroids? If so, which? > Or that is only a means for commercial sale? > I 'm very interested. > All the best , > > Geneviève Ferry > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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