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EPA approves COVID-19-killing paint from Corning and PPG

by Craig Bettenhausen
October 9, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 37
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A rendering of a can of PPG's Copper Armor antimicrobial paint.
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PPG says its Copper Armor paint maintains its microbe-killing power for more than 5 years of high-traffic wear and tear.

PPG Industries has won approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency for its Copper Armor line of pathogen-killing paint. The paint, which is effective against the virus that causes COVID-19 as well as other viruses and bacteria, is made with Guardiant, a ceramic-glass biphasic material containing copper from the materials maker Corning. Guardiant keeps copper in its microbe-killing Cu1+ form while also making it bioavailable. Though Guardiant itself is a pale blue green, the paint is available in a full range of finishes and colors, PPG says.

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