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Everyone likes their home to smell fresh and clean that's why air\u00a0fresheners\u00a0are so popular. \u00a0Not only are air fresheners are a bit pricey many of them contain chemicals such as\u00a0formaldehyde,\u00a0petroleum distillates and limonene.\u00a0These substances can\u00a0aggravate\u00a0allergies, cause asthma attacks, trigger headache and\u00a0irritate\u00a0the lungs. \u00a0Some chemicals found in air fresheners have also been linked to causing cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of my favorite ways of keeping the air clean in my apartment is with plants. Houses plants can\u00a0absorb\u00a0carbon\u00a0dioxide, benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene. \u00a0NASA did a study on which plants work the best for cleaning indoor air of certain types of chemical. \u00a0Check out this breakdown of NASA's study<\/a> to help you find out which plants are best for you.<\/p>\n One day when I went over to my in-law's and saw tea bags hanging in the bathroom. \u00a0My mother-in-law informed me that the tea bags mask any foul smells. \u00a0I was a little skeptical that a few tea bags could keep the bathroom smelling nice during a big family get together. I did a little research and came across an article on Apartment\u00a0Therapy<\/em><\/a> about tea bags as air\u00a0fresheners<\/a>. \u00a0I tried it at home and it works really well. \u00a0If you're not a huge fan of potpourri this is a great\u00a0alternative.<\/p>\n For more ideas take a peek at this <\/a>article about air fresheners<\/a> from Green Living Tips<\/a><\/em>! Anyone else have any ideas on how to freshen the air without\u00a0traditional\u00a0air\u00a0fresheners?<\/p>\n Everyone likes their home to smell fresh and clean that's why air fresheners are so popular. Not only are air fresheners are a bit pricey many of them contain chemicals such as formaldehyde, petroleum distillates and limonene. These substances can aggravate allergies, cause asthma attacks, trigger headache and irritate the lungs. Some chemicals found in air fresheners have also been linked to causing cancer.Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,774,1295,1600],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-frugal-articles","tag-air-fresheners","tag-green","tag-plants","tag-tea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Image thanks to David Davies<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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