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The building that 'sucks up' SMOG: Cement absorbs pollution from the air and turns it into harmless salt that washes off in the rain [1]

Buildings in many city centres bear the stains left by decades of heavy traffic and pollution, but a new type of cement could be about to change this by actually cleaning the air around it.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2016
Daily Mail (United Kingdom) [2]
Tags:
Science And Technology [3], Cement [4], Air Pollution [5], Air Pollution Control [6], Italy [7]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/italy