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Smog Busting Paint Breaks Down Noxious Gasses

Posted by michael on from the greenwash dept.

jlechem writes "New Scientist is reporting a story about a new paint that can absorb noxious gas. According to the article the new paint is called Ecopaint. The substance is designed to reduce levels of the nitrogen oxides, collectively known as the NOx gases, which cause respiratory problems and trigger smog production. The paint's base is polysiloxane, a silicon-based polymer. Embedded in it are spherical nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and calcium carbonate 30 nanometres wide. Because the particles are so small, the paint is clear, but pigment can be added. The first paint to go on sale will of course be white."

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  1. Re:Enough is Enough by maggard · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    "New Scientist is reporting..." translation = "As seen on fark yesterday..."

    Let's at least make a half-assed attempt at giving credit where credit is due.

    Yeah, nooobody else covered this story, nooobody reads the New Scientist website or rss feeds, fark was the ooonly source for this story in the whooole universe. Let me guess, fark invented that interwebby thing, right?

    Wow, good catch there, dude.

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  2. Re:Saturated? by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Yeah, and what happens when in 20 years they find out it causes cancer and has been polluting our skies far worse than the old-fashioned pollutants it "cleaned". Way to go, science.

    Why don't we concentrate a wee bit more on USING LESS so we don't need so many smog-producing factories? SUV drivers, I'm talking to you.

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  3. Re:Just in time! by qat · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Of course it's going to be white... Racist bastards

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  4. Re:For those that can't be bothered to read it thr by maggard · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    The concentrated acid rain is eroding your wall, there is little protection to your wall by puting [sic] a ring of limestone around the base of the building. When the rain got absorbed into concrete through tiny cracks, it is eroding the structural steel bar/beam. But you might consider sprinkling the building exterior with lime water and make the window cleaning guys rich becuase [sic] when lime water dries up, a smear remain [sic] on the glass, someone has to clean it.
    Wow, you know soo much! So that urban structures are already subjected to "acid rain" isn't news to you either. Or that concrete is significantly alkaline. Or that there's even new window glass on the market that cleans itself.

    And guess what... it also uses TiO2 & sunlight!

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