Anti-microbial Paint Kills Superbugs

Scientists in South Dakota have developed the first antimicrobial paint, a material that can simultaneously kill not just disease-causing bacteria but mold, fungi, and viruses.
The paint is especially effective at fighting "superbugs," the antibiotic-resistant microbes that infect hospital surfaces and cause an estimated 88,000 deaths annually in the US.
The researchers developed a new antimicrobial polymer which has no undesirable effects on the quality of latex paints. Laboratory tests showed that the new polymer kills a wide range of disease-causing microbes including those resistant to multiple antibiotics. The paint can be easily "recharged" with a simple chlorination process.