self-cleaning compound Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:49:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Titanium Oxide Self-Cleaning Compound Increases Air Pollution Instead of Removing It https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-cleaning-compound-increases-the-levels-of-air-pollution-instead-of-removing-it-20130614/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-cleaning-compound-increases-the-levels-of-air-pollution-instead-of-removing-it-20130614/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:49:47 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38387 Titanium dioxide coatings, “self-cleaning” substances used for removal of air pollution, were found to increase the levels of nitrogen oxide, causing ozone pollution. A study by environmental scientists at Indiana University, published this week in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, claims that instead of removing harmful particles from the atmosphere, titanium dioxide converts […]

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