Monday, April 21, 2008

Tree Benefits


Trees benefit us in many ways. Some trees can help cure diseases, produce food for animals, and even work for culinary purposes. Planting your own trees help soak up CO2 in the environment.
Air pollution in our cities, and even our suburbs, is a serious concern as we enter the twenty first century. The burning of fossil fuels has introduced a steady flow of deadly pollutants into our atmosphere, yet very few urban areas can meet national clean air standards. Luckily, we are surrounded by efficient air cleaning machines—trees. Trees sequester many pollutants from the atmosphere, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter of ten microns or less (PM10)
. So as you see trees help in many ways. The Pacific Yew tree even helps cure ovarian cancer,

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