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Self-Cleaning Buildings to Fight Smog

bryan8m writes "Using technology already available for self-cleaning windows and bathroom tiles, scientists hope to paint up cities with materials that dissolve and wash away pollutants when exposed to sun and rain. The idea: UV rays hitting the titanium dioxide coated cement and concrete trigger a catalytic reaction that destroys the molecules of pollutants, including nitrogen oxides."

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  1. Re:titanium dioxide? by DigiShaman · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your advocating communism. At trust me when I say that communistic countries have a much more relaxed regulation when it comes to protecting the enviroment.

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