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Sixty seconds on . . . cling film

BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l7086 (Published 31 December 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l7086
  1. Elisabeth Mahase
  1. The BMJ

Cling film?

This is not just any cling film. This is bacteria resistant cling film invented by a well known high street retailer . . . I mean, researchers from McMaster University, Canada, which can be shrink wrapped onto surfaces like door handles or used in food packaging to prevent superbugs spreading.1

Where do they get these ideas?

From nature apparently. The team …

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