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Are Artificial Plants Toxic and Which Materials to Avoid
You unbox a new faux palm, catch a sharp plastic smell, and suddenly wonder if you have just put something harmful in the room...
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Silk, polyester, latex and plastic, how each one ages, and which claims on the label mean nothing.
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You unbox a new faux palm, catch a sharp plastic smell, and suddenly wonder if you have just put something harmful in the room...
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You want greenery that needs no watering, and the shop offers two answers at very different prices: a "preserved" palm that was...
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You pay extra for a fiddle leaf fig labelled "hand painted," and when it arrives the leaves look exactly like the cheaper one...
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You unbox a new faux fiddle leaf fig, set it by the sofa, and within an hour the room smells like a tyre shop.
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You ordered a bunch of tulips labelled "real touch" expecting something that feels like a living petal, and what arrived feels...
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Two boxwood balls sit side by side in a garden centre, both 40 centimetres wide, one priced at 24 pounds and the other at 65.