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Here’s an article from Prevention on the healthiest plants for anywhere
If you go to this link you’ll find a Prevention magazine article on what are the healthiest plants to grow in every room of your house.

I have always liked Prevention as they push a much more natural way of becoming or just being healthy.  Many of their articles are now online and this is saving me a subscription.

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Many people may not be aware that gardening can actually harm the environment.
A large amount of carbon dioxide can be released through tilling the soil.
This contributes to global warming. When you cultivating and compacting the soil,
destroys good fungi. Fertilizers like nitrogen and manure often leach out of the
 soil and pollute the water you drink.

Global warming

Did you know that the earth’s soil gives out carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
 10 times more than all human activity? This comes from the pill bugs, microbes,
 fungi and worms when they breathe, digest food and then die. Although in the past
 plants have been capable of absorbing carbon dioxide caused by small-scale tillages,
 this isn’t the case nowadays.

The increase of the globe’s average temperature is because of the carbon dioxide
 the soil emits when tilled. The good news is that tilling can be minimized by
 mulching or sheet composting.

Good Fungi

In untilled soil, there is beneficial fungi known as the vesicular-arbuscular-
mycorrhizae or VAM for short. VAM actually forms a symbiotic relationship with
 plants. Their filaments increase root hairs and provide nutrients to the plant.
They give out zinc, copper, potassium and phosphorus. Plants provide carbohydrates
for the fungi in return. It is possible to grow a garden without tilling the soil
 at all by mulching heavily until the soil is soft and friable.

Surplus Nitrogen

Many gardeners waste nitrogen and manures; farmers do otherwise. Farmers only need
 a quarter to a third of nitrogen to mix with an inch of compost, horse, or cow
manure. Kate Burroughs of Sebastopol California, uses the same rule for her
home-grown lettuce and sweet corns. When it comes to broccoli and pear trees, farmers
 only need a small amount. Notice that gardeners apply larger amounts of compost
and manure than farmers. Obviously, they are not only wasting their fertilizer
 but also their money.

The best gardening advice that can be given to those concerned is to do all
things with moderation. Keep in mind that too little and too much of something
 is not healthy. This is the most valuable advice one can have in gardening.