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  • Japanese Suit Protects Against Swine Flu

    10/11/2009 8:58:25 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 4 replies · 452+ views
    MyFox Illinois ^ | Sunday, 11 Oct 2009 | MIKE BRODY
    A Japanese menswear company is selling an "anti-swine flu" business suit that it says can reduce the risk of catching the H1N1 virus. Haruyama Trading has developed a wool suit coated with titanium dioxide, which it says breaks down the virus molecules on contact under ultraviolet light, according to Reuters . "If a person with the flu virus coughs, it might get on someone else's suit and from there, another person might get infected," Shinto Hirata, vice director of merchandising at Haruyama told Reuters. "Small children might catch the virus after touching their father's suit. We came up with this...
  • Japanese suit that fights (swine) flu

    10/11/2009 2:43:41 PM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 6 replies · 604+ views
    telegraph.co.uk ^ | Oct 06 2009 | Julian Ryall
    A Japanese company, Haruyama Trading Co., has developed a suit that it claims protects the wearer from the deadly H1N1 strain of influenza. The company has produced 50,000 of the suits and will start selling them on Thursday, according to a company spokesman. The suit is coated with the chemical titanium dioxide, which reacts to light to break down and kill the virus when it comes into contact with it, according to Junko Hirohata.