Or how about non-allergenic silk flowers or plastic bonsai trees, they always look the real thing after a glass of red or two...............
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Merced M Leiker Sent: 26 October 2009 15:49 To: Cheryl; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] the not-yet-mentioned benefit of plants in the lab So there seem to be 2 trains of thought Histoland regarding plants in the lab: 1. Plants are GOOD for both physical and psychological health 2. Plants are BAD because they spread fungus and bacteria and allergens. Soooo....why not include plants that are the least allergenic while taking measures to limit the contamination they (may) cause? Just a thought...I love my spider plants and philodendrons... Regards, Merced --On Friday, October 23, 2009 8:12 PM -0700 Cheryl <tkngfl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I just read of the plant drama for the lab getting a CAP Phase 1 ding. > There was a study done ages and ages ago and certain plants IMPROVE the > air quality in chemically contaminated environments. (If you have any > measure of our solvents in the air-your air is contaminated even if it > is an allowable level.) Live plants also increase the amount of > available oxygen is closed spaces. > We used to keep a BUNCH of spider plants--one of the most beneficial > species--in our lab for this reason alone. We also noticed they were > quite pretty. I can only speculate that higher oxygen levels, lower > chemical presence and a visually relaxing environment would contribute > far more than an occasional bug might detract. > Just my two cents (sense?), common as they may be. > > Cheryl > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > Merced M Leiker Research Technician II Cardiovascular Medicine 348 Biomedical Research Building State University of New York at Buffalo 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA lei...@buffalo.edu 716-829-6118 (Ph) 716-829-2665 (Fx) No trees were harmed in the sending of this email. However, many electrons were severely inconvenienced. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
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