Houseplants could one day monitor home health

(University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture) In a perspective published in the July 20 issue of Science, a team of University of Tennessee faculty and a student from two unrelated disciplines -- plant sciences and architectural design -- explore the future of houseplants as aesthetically pleasing and functional sirens of home health. Their idea is to genetically engineer house plants to serve as subtle alarms that something is amiss in our home and office environments.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news