Its inventors call the ANDREA Air Purifier “an innovation in ecological living through plant-based air purification.” The Air Purifier is the “first award-winning air filter capable of absorbing toxic gases, such as formaldehyde, from home and office environments through the natural absorptive and metabolic properties of living plants.”
The ANDREA could be described as a plastic bubble that houses a plant, and into which air is drawn, purified by the plant and then pushed back out. Consumers can purchase an ANDREA at Home Depot for $199 and it has been featured on Popular Science’s website but now Consumers Union, publishers of ShopSmart, are including the air purifier in their Loser List of 22 products not to buy in their January 2011 issue. via Yahoo!.
ANDREA Air Purifier Technology, courtesy of andreaair.com
