Are Plants Pollution Fighters?

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Are Plants Pollution Fighters?

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Infants, the elderly, individuals with chronic diseases and residents of urban areas are at greater risk. In addition, the EPA notes, the concentrations of many pollutants indoors exceed those outdoors. The locations of highest concern are those involving prolonged, continuing exposure -- that is, the home, school and workplace. In the mid-1980s, Dr. B.C. Wolverton and fellow re

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