Blanchett: Regular indoor plants do not clean the air
Susan Blanchett · They Spent 8 Months Looking for a Reason to Fire Her — and Failed · Feb 11, 2021 · at 20:02
Susan Blanchet, founder and CEO of cleantech biotech startup Origen Air, explains the scientific basis that led to the founding of her air purification company.
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“Plants actually don't clean the air. We think they do, but they don't.”
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