
|Articles|September 11, 2008
Germicidal Agent in Paints Can Fight Superbugs
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Scientists have discovered the germicidal properties of titanium dioxide, a brilliant white compound used as a brightening agent in paints. New information on how nanoparticle-sized forms of titanium dioxide destroy bacteria when they absorb ultraviolet light energy from the sun was presented at a meeting being held this week by the UK’s Society for General Microbiology. To read the complete article from Medical News Today,
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