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name        Leonardo
status      other
age         30s

Question -  Is it safe for human beings to sleep with plants in the bedroom?
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I'm not an expert.  However, I can offer the following:

1)  People with asthma and allergies (especially mold) may be better off
not having plants in the room they spend about 33% of their life.  Plants can 
be a breeding ground for mold.
2)  I understand that at one time, some hospitals would take flowers out
of a room when there were many of them, for plants absorb oxygen at
night.  Photosynthesis only works in light.

Steve 
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Indoor plants generally improve air quality. I can't think of any reason
other than specific individual allergies, that might occur in some people,
not to have them in a bedroom.

J. Elliott
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