Turning your balcony into a mini-garden could improve your health, a study has claimed.
Balconies which are filled with greenery, pot plants and climbing foliage led to significantly reduced levels of harmful air pollution from traffic, dust and industrial processes.
The microscopic pollution, known as PM10, can be inhaled deep into the lungs and has been linked with asthma, lung disease and heart problems.
But when researchers measured the levels of PM10 on balconies which were filled with plants and flowers, the levels were lower 98 per cent of the time compared with balconies which were left bare or had only a couple
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