Shiraiwa-led study on human "oxidation zones" profiled

AirUCI faculty Manabu Shiraiwa was among the key international collaborators in a new study profiled in Science Advances that shows how lotions and perfumes can suppress “human oxidation fields” that exist around our bodies.  Manabu's team published their original study of this topic in 2022, but their new information demonstrates that personal care products act as a physical barrier between ozone in the air and squalene, a naturally occurring oil on skin, which has the potential to substantially impact indoor air quality and human exposure to indoor pollutants. “We expected that the personal care products would weaken the human oxidation field,” said Manabu, “but the extent of the impact was surprisingly huge.”  Read the article   Hear the radio interview