【Economist】Curbing indoor pollution: Clean air act

中文导读美国华盛顿大学一个科学小组的研究结果表明，转基因植物净化空气的效果更好。该研究小组对常见的常青藤植物进行了基因改造，想要去除空气中的氯仿和苯两种毒素。这一发现对于室内空气质量的提升很有帮助，能够为大家创造更加良好的生存环境。A genetically modified house-plant can purify the atmosphere in buildingsThe air in modern homes and offices is pretty clean, but not as clean as it might be. Often, it contains small amounts of volatile, toxic, organic compounds such as benzene, formaldehyde, butadiene, carbon tetrachloride, naphthalene and chloroform. Chronic exposure to these is a bad thing, so clearing them out of the air people breathe is widely accepted as worthwhile. Finding an effective way to do so has proved difficult. But Stuart Strand, Long Zhang and Ryan Rout ………………………………