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Engineers Create Plants That Glow

January 18, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet

Imagine that instead of switching on a lamp when it gets dark, you could read by the light of a glowing plant on your desk. MIT engineers have taken a critical first step toward making that vision a reality. By embedding specialized nanoparticles into the leaves of a watercress plant, they induced the plants to […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: houseplants, plant, plants

Science Confirms You Should Stop And Smell The Roses

November 4, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet

Short nature intervention can bring out the best in people. Is it any wonder that most happiness idioms are associated with nature? Happy as a pig in muck, happy as a clam, happy camper. A UBC researcher says there’s truth to the idea that spending time outdoors is a direct line to happiness. In fact, […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: feelings, happiness, houseplants, plant, plants, rose, roses, tree, trees, well being

Amaranth Is Believed To Have Anti-Cancer Properties

August 12, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet

A study on amaranth reported that its seeds contain not only important nutritional properties, but also phytochemical compounds like rutin and nicotiflorin, and peptides with the ability to help lower hypertension and incidences of cancer. The high amount and quality of protein may be the most famous health benefit of amaranth grains, but it is […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: Amaranth, calcium, cancer, diabetes, disease, flavonoids, gluten-free, grain, plant, protein, researchers

Patients With Drug-Resistant Malaria Cured By Plant Therapy

May 10, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet

When the standard malaria medications failed to help 18 critically ill patients, the attending physician in a Congo clinic acted under the “compassionate use” doctrine and prescribed a not-yet-approved malaria therapy made only from the dried leaves of the Artemisia annua plant. In just five days, all 18 people fully recovered. This small but stunningly […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Artemisia, drug, drugs, Malaria, plant, plants, therapy

Risks from Lawn Care Pesticides

March 25, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet

Pesticides are intentionally toxic substances. Some chemicals commonly used on lawns and gardens have been associated with birth defects, mutations, adverse reproductive effects, and cancer in laboratory animals. EPA permits over 200 different pesticides to be used for lawn care, and these are often mixed together and sold as chemical combinations. Approximately 35 pesticides are […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cancer, environment, farmer, garden, health, herbicide, lawn, pesticide, pesticides, plant, plants, skin, toxic, tree, trees, water

When It Comes To Red Cabbage, More Is Better

April 9, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet

Plant pigments called anthocyanins provide fruits and vegetables with beneficial blue, purple and red coloring. Now Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are learning more about these compounds and their absorption into the human blood stream. Anthocyanins are a group of healthful compounds that fall within the flavonoid class of plant nutrients. ARS scientists have identified […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: anthocyanin, anthocyanins, blood, cabbage, plant, vegetables

Synthetic Forests And The Dangers of Genetically Engineered Trees

February 12, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet

Synthetic Forests provides an investigation into the devastating effects GE trees could have on our health and the environment. The documentary features interviews with leading scientists and activists who discuss the negative effects genetically engineered trees can have if released into our ecosystems.  The documentary is a tool we can use together to challenge this […]

Filed Under: GMO's Tagged With: apple, documentary, farm, farmer, forest, gmo, monsanto, pine, plant, research, synthetic, tree, trees

Indoor Plants Can Reduce Formaldehyde Levels

February 11, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet

Researchers are studying the ability of plants to reduce formaldehyde levels in the air. A study led by Kwang Jin Kim of Korea’s National Horticultural Research Institute compared the absorption rate of two types of houseplants. The results of the experiment on Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina) and Fatsia japonica, an evergreen shrub, were published in the […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: air, allergies, asthma, formaldehyde, horticulture, houseplants, plant, plants, research, study

X-rays reveal uptake of nanoparticles by soybean crops

January 26, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet

Metals contained in nanoparticles can enter into the food chain. Scientists have, for the first time, traced the nanoparticles taken up from the soil by crop plants and analysed the chemical states of their metallic elements. Zinc was shown to dissolve and accumulate throughout the plants, whereas the element cerium did not dissolve into plant […]

Filed Under: GMO's Tagged With: crops, Food, nanoparticles, plant, plants, research, soil, soy, soybean

House Plants Purify Air Nasa Study

November 14, 2012 by Captain Organic Planet

In the late 1980s, a study by NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) was conducted to find ways to purify the air for extended stays in orbiting space stations. The study resulted in excellent news for homeowners and office workers everywhere, because it concluded that common houseplants not only make indoor spaces […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: formaldehyde, house, houseplants, plant, plants, study

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