My article is about houseplants that suck up air pollutants that are harmful to humans. Paints, furniture, photocopiers, printers, cleaning supplies & dry-cleaned clothes all create a toxic gas called volatile organic chemicals, or VOCs. Inhaling some kinds of these gases can cause dizziness, allergic reactions, & asthma. Long exposure can cause liver damage, kidney damage, & cancer. VOCs are also dangerous because we cannot smell them. And once VOCs enter a room’s air, people can’t vacuum them out. But certain kinds of plants suck them out of the air without getting harmed. Some scientists took some plants that suck them out to see which ones sucked them up more efficiently. They found that some plants removed a certain type of VOC more than others. But all the plants seemed to be able to remove acetone, one example of a VOC. But none of the plants seemed to be able to remove 2 other kinds of VOCs, dichloromethane & trichloromethane. Scientists plan to test how many plants it takes to filter places with high amounts of VOCs.