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With the drastic increase in bedbug infestation over the last several years, scientists and researchers have searched for safe, cost-effective methods of eliminating these pests. Because bedbugs are attracted by the elevated carbon dioxide levels in human respiration, CO2 can be used to determine if a bedbug infestation exists. And because high levels of CO2 kills bed bugs, pest control companies are using CO2 instead of toxic insecticides to fumigate hotel rooms and even entire buildings. Bedbugs can live for months between feedings. When a bedbug senses a rise in CO2 levels, it will follow the CO2 to its source....

NASA research scientists have announced that the common indoor plant may provide a natural way of helping combat sick building syndrome. Based on the use of common indoor plants for indoor air purification, NASA studied about a dozen popular varieties of ornamental plants to determine their effectiveness in removing several key pollutants associated with indoor air pollution. NASA research found that living plants are so efficient at absorbing contaminants in the air that some will be launched into space as part of the biological life support system aboard future orbiting space stations. English ivy, philodendrons, spider plant and the golden...