Potted Plants Purify Formaldehyde Test: Experts Reveal the Surprising Number One

Moving into a new house, relocating to a new home... Changing to a new environment means facing a very important issue: "formaldehyde." Needless to say, everyone knows formaldehyde is very harmful. Many people mention that plants absorb formaldehyde, and several kinds of potted plants are extremely effective at absorbing formaldehyde. Some even say: "Spider plant is the king of formaldehyde absorption among plants."

So this time, on the CCTV Finance Channel program "Is It True?", the program's reporter took this question to the Environmental Technology Research Center of the Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences to conduct experimental verification.

Before starting the experiment, the reporter selected the most popular plants known for absorbing formaldehyde best for testing, using spider plant, snake plant, aloe vera, English ivy, and golden pothos to test their formaldehyde removal rates.

In a sealed, identical environment, the experimenter placed these plants for 24 hours, then by comparing the changes in formaldehyde concentration values in the two test chambers, the data was finally calculated through a professional formula as follows:

Spider plant test result: spider plant's formaldehyde purification rate within one cubic meter is 1%;

Snake plant test result: snake plant's formaldehyde purification rate within one cubic meter is 1%;

Aloe vera test result: formaldehyde purification rate within one cubic meter is 2%;

Golden pothos test result: formaldehyde purification rate within one cubic meter is 1%.

English ivy test result: formaldehyde purification rate within one cubic meter is 9%;

So based on these results, we can see that spider plant, snake plant, and golden pothos have the same formaldehyde purification rate, all purifying 1% within one cubic meter; aloe vera's formaldehyde purification rate is slightly higher, at 2% within one cubic meter. The number one spot, however, goes to English ivy, with a purification rate reaching 9%.

English ivy's formaldehyde purification effect is truly number one, and English ivy also has beautiful leaf shapes and stays green year-round, making it very suitable for decorating the home.

So if you now have a newly renovated house, you might as well place a few pots of English ivy at home. Not only is it beautiful, but it can also quickly remove formaldehyde from your home, helping you move into your new house sooner.

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