Ok, not exactly sunscreen, but titanium dioxide (an ingredient in many sunscreens) has been shown to reduce smog so much that it is now being proposed as a coating for buildings.
“The aluminum company Alcoa has created a titanium dioxide coating for aluminum panels designed to cover buildings like a shell.” "The firm claims that 1,000 square meters of the coated panels eat up the equivalent NOx output of four cars."
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