http://www.gizmag.com More than one billion people – one sixth of the world’s population - are without access to safe water supply. At any given moment, about half of the world's poor are suffering from waterborne diseases, of which over 6,000 – mainly children – die each day as a direct result of consuming unsafe drinking water. The world’s most prolific killer is diarrhoeal disease from bacteria like typhoid, cholera, e. coli, salmonella and many others. Safe water interventions have vast potential to transform the lives of millions, especially in areas such as poverty eradication, environmental upgradation, quality of life, child development and gender equality. LifeStraw was developed as a practical response to the billions of people who are still without access to these basic human rights and we believe it is an invention that could become one of the greatest life-savers in history. It is a 25 cm long, 29 mm diameter, plastic pipe filter and purchased singly, costs around US2.00. Until now, there was not much we could do about water born disease because systems to clean water are costly and require electricity and spare parts and … the LifeStraw now offers a viable means of saving tens of millions of lives every year. LifeStraw is a personal, low-cost water purification tool with a life time of 700 litres – approximately one year of water consumption for one person, two years for a child. Positive test results have been achieved on tap, turbid and saline water against common waterborne bacteria such as Salmonella, Shigella, Enterococcus and Staphylococcu. If we (as in the big WE) can find a way of funding and distributing one of these to each human at risk, every year, we could eradicate countless deaths. Each LifeStraw lasts for one person’s annual needs of clean water – a simple straw costing a few dollars will ensure that one at-risk person will not die for a year - now that's a donation we can all make with a serious kicker! Please tell as many people as you can about this.en gizmag.com http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-105682 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-105682 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:40:14 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-103951 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-103951 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:36:31 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-85900 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-85900 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:27:20 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-85831 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-85831 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:37:37 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-85276 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-85276 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:27:13 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-80632 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-80632 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:20:46 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-80407 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-80407 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:23:29 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-53827 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-53827 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:39:07 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-50020 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-50020 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:07:54 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-48268 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-48268 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:40:19 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-42640 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-42640 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:39:30 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-30826 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-30826 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:06:29 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-10549 http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/#comment-10549 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:43:34 -0600