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LifeStraw: Fight water borne diseases with your personal water purification device

lige straw water purifier

Millions of people consume polluted and unsafe water and suffer from water-borne diseases every year. Whether it is the lack of water-purifiers or un-affordability factor, consuming impure water leads to disease like cholera, typhoid, and diarrhea. If there could be a purifier that doesn’t depend on electricity and is also portable, we could avoid thousands of deaths due to water-borne diseases.

LifeStraw is a personal water purification device that needs no electricity and is also portable. The device contains a specially developed halogenated resin that kills bacteria and viruses on contact; a special chamber further increases the exposure of micro-organisms to the halogenated resin, thereby enhancing the killing effect. Micro-filters are used to remove all particles down to 15 microns. Activated carbon adsorbs residual iodine thereby improving the taste of water.

The light weight device can be worn around the neck and can filter up to 700 liters a year killing and removing 99.999% of waterborne bacteria. It is a good idea to carry these devices when you are traveling to remote places. If this device is made accessible and affordable to the section of people who are really affected, we could see quite a lot of hale and hearty people around us.

At the moment, this device is not up for retail purchase though you may donate it to the needy by contributing on the company’s website.

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