I noticed a lot of aid agencies...especially the ones operating in the sudan using this water purification attachment called Zero-B (an indian company makes it...) which is quite compact and comes in different sizes (tap attachment to refrigerator size purification systems...) .... i wonder how this is different from that? (okay the straw thingis innovative... but most probably not practical for large scale use... two people would not share the same straw for reasons of taboo...)
On 6/13/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Vestergaard Frandsen's next project is to create a large-capacity household water filter, as well as an insecticide-coated fence to protect crops. He describes both ideas with a zeal that's equal parts commercial and crusading. While visiting a clinic in western Kenya a few months ago, he saw thousands of people lining up to get "their vitamin A shot, their measles vaccination and their mosquito-repellent bed nets. As a businessman, I can be proud to get a contract for 2 million bed nets and fulfill it on time," he says. "But as a person, I can be proud that over the lifetime of the nets they will prevent the deaths of 400,000 children." Thanks to the LifeStraw, they needn't go thirsty either.
