This invention could save millions of people dying from drinking unclean water. Each book can provide a user with clean water for up to four years. The drinkable book could bring clean water to millions. Its pages are made of treated paper that can purify water when passed through, killing. The drinkable book is a life saving tool that filters water and teaches proper sanitation. The pages of this drinkable book make contaminated water. Teri dankovich from from carnegie mellon university introduces the drinkable book an. This drinkable book is a scientific water breakthrough that will save countless lives by eleanor goldberg in this case, you can go ahead and judge a book by its cover. The drinkable book, which was presented monday at the american chemical societys. A new invention promises to make dirty drinking water potable by filtering it through the pages of a book. The drinkable book is made from paper which can be used to purify water by. The silver and copper nanoparticles contained in the paper. So youre lost in the wilderness these tips could save. According to unicef, in 2015 there were 663 million people using unsafe drinking water.
The drinkable book will make it safe to drink the water. Ddb has produced the drinkable book, a manual made. This drinkable book will save countless lives huffpost. The drinkable book that could save your life september 10th, 2015 by tim maverick. Could these five innovations help solve the global water. Could these five innovations help solve the global water crisis. The reader simply tears out a page, puts it in a simple filter holder, and then pours water over it. The drinkable book has now passed two key stages showing that it works in the lab, and on real water sources. So the goal of the drinkable book is to provide cheap and effective water filters while also educating people about how dangerous contaminated water can be.
Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the. The drinkable book that could save your lifemaverick, t. Drinkable book could give millions access to clean water. To combat the problem and to help educate about the dangers of unsafe water, waterislife teamed up with dr teri dankovich from carnegie mellon to create the drinkable book. The drinkable book that could save your life trefis. The silver and copper nanoparticles contained in the kill dangerous bacteria and diseases that lurk in the water. The drinkable book is a scientific coffee filter that kills diseases. With your help, we can implement the books as a part of our wash approach, as well as make the books available for global partner distribution.
Waterislife has introduced a campaign to move into full production of the drinkable book. The reader simply tears out a page, puts it in a simple filter holder, and then. The drinkable book is a new invention that could potentially save millions of lives around the world. The drinkable book, containing pages of paper that can be used to purify sewerage into drinking water, is being hailed as a gamechanger for the developing world. So youre lost in the wilderness these tips could save your life celebrated adventure writer mark jenkins on what it takes to survive if ever you find yourself lost in the wild and it all. Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the developing world.
Pour untreated water over a page from the book and silver nanoparticles embedded in it will kill nearly 100 percent of. Drinkable book promises to filter unclean water time. It only costs pennies to produce and is sustainable. Using the bacteriakilling properties of silver and copper, a. Drinkable book could give millions access to clean water with pages that can filter out bacteria, the drinkable book may solve a major public health. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to drink, researchers say. Theres only so much you can do when youre a scientist on your own.
The drinkable book is a guide to safe drinking water and the pages can be torn out and used as water filters. A number of creative technologies aim to increase access to clean water in developing. This book can clean murky waters and save lives books and education save lives but the drinkable book took things to the next level. The drinkable book that could save your life cosmos. Bugkilling book pages clean murky drinking water bbc news. The drinkable book provides safe drinking water cnet.
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