For as long as I can remember there were plants all throughout our household. Some, like the Aloe Vera, I understood. More than once during my childhood I had the gel from this plant applied to burns. What can I say? It took me a while to catch on to cooking. Other plants, like the spider plant, cactus, and a variety of ferns, seemed to have little value to me aside from giving me a new source of dirt in which to play. After high school, I picked up the habit of keeping at least a couple spider plants in the apartments or houses where I have lived, and aside from their aesthetic appeal, plants have a practical purpose in the home.

_As technology and advances in home building has grown, houses have become more tightly sealed. More tightly sealed homes help reduce your heating and cooling costs but unlike the drafty house I grew up in, the air inside newer houses is not often exchanged with outside air. Harsh chemicals used in the production and treatment of wood, carpet, furniture and paint remained trapped. Add to this a few burnt dinners, a pet and a smoker and you can see how the air inside your home can be just as, if not more, polluted than outside air. This is partly why we stress the use of an air purifier so much.

_Air purifiers will filter and trap dust, pollen, odors, VOC