Buildings Being Built With Cement That Eats Smog

There is a new and interesting way of going about reducing smog and other pollutants in the air in Italy. They are using a cement that has been developed that will actually (or so they claim) significantly reduce the amount of pollution on a given street simply by paving the sidewalks and buildings with it. It is called TX Active and it took nearly 10 years to develop by a firm called Italcementi. It is ordinary cement that is mixed with a substance called Titanium Dioxide which it is believed breaks down smog into its componant parts and basically eliminates it from the air and leaves freash, clean air to breathe. They have tested the new cement by paving it all over a busy street in Italy and they claim that the amount of smog on that street has been reduced by 60%. An added benefit is that the residents of the street have been noticing that the buildings do not appear to be getting as dirty and blackened by smog and soot as they used to. A company called The Essroc Cement Corporation has begun producing the stuff now in North America.