March 3rd

By Mutt Mulligan

How living landscapes improve air quality

Millions of us live in areas that are affected by air pollution. Dirty air can cause serious health problems like lung disease and asthma. Low quality air can also cause “code red” days, impacting our ability to safely spend time outside.

But living landscapes – like grass, trees and shrubs – give our environment an oxygen boost. Research has shown that turfgrasses remove atmospheric pollutants, including carbon dioxide, ozone, hydrogen fluoride, and perosyzacetyle nitrate from the air.

Grass also plays a vital role in cleaning the air we breathe. It captures dust, smoke particles and other pollutants that harm people.

Even in a drought, you can have living landscapes and protect the precious oxygen in our environment. You just have to select the right grass, plants and trees.

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