No matter how much you clean your house daily, it is a hub of toxins with toxic air entering and germs entering your house via thousands of mediums. You'll be shocked to know that it has everything from formaldehyde to chloroform to benzene and all other toxins you want to save your kids from.

This is not news, it has been there for quite sometime now and that's why air purifying plants and electronic are a new rage. Some plants do purify air but not that efficiently.

According to studies, two large plants are needed per 100 square feet to purify air.

Recently, scientists have found a new way to boost the air purifying ability of a common houseplant -- and they do this by splicing in a bit of DNA from a rabbit.

In a study published Thursday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, the team described how it introduced the mammalian gene CYP2E1 to the plant pothos ivy. This gene encodes an enzyme that breaks down many toxins commonly found in the home, including benzene and chloroform.

This study took place in the University of Washington.

After splicing the rabbit gene CYP2E1 into the plant's genome, the researchers placed the growing plant into a closed container. Then, they injected either benzene or chloroform gas into the container. Other containers with unmodified plants or no plants at all served as the controls.

After three days, the concentrations of gas in the containers with the plants modified with rabbit DNA dropped dramatically.

After eight days, the researchers could barely even detect the chloroform. The concentrations of toxins in the containers with the unmodified plants or no plants at all, however, remained unchanged.

The researchers estimate that a hypothetical biofilter made of the genetically modified plants would deliver clean air at rates comparable to commercial home particulate filters.

This study might prove to be a breakthrough in air purifying industry. It can make them cheaper, more effective and powerful.

Also read: Air pollution kills 600,000 children per year: WHO

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