How your T-shirt could reduce pollution

Nanoscientists and fashionistas have banded together to turn your jeans and shirts into air-pollutant-magnetizing eco-tools

CatClo is an in-development laundry additive that could help your T-shirt remove up to 5 grams of nitrogen dioxide per day from the air — close to the amount the average family car emits.
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Cleaning up the pollution we spew into the air with car exhaust and power plants seems hard. But it needn't be, according to British researchers. In an unusual collaboration of form and function, scientists from the University of Sheffield and designers from the London College of Fashion have teamed up to create a liquid laundry additive, CatClo (Catalytic Clothing), that turns your clothes into pollution magnets using the magic of nanotechnology. How does this magical laundry detergent work, and when might you buy some? Here, a guide to a potentially effortless way to clear the air:

How does CatClo work?

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