Dr. Theresa Dankovich from Carnegie Mellon University developed a “Drinkable Book” which gave clean drinking water. It was a very clever idea: as long as tearing off a page and putting in the water, you could filter the 99% of the bacteria in the water, which helps in undeveloped countries to gain access to clean drinking water.
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Since Dankovich was studying in McGill University in Montreal, she began to research in high-tech filters technology. Each page contained bactericidal silver or copper nanoparticle and the knowledge of how to filter the clean water. After using it, the cleanliness was as clean as tap water.
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“Drinkable book” has been shown to eliminate 99% of bacteria in the water at 25 contaminated water sources in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, and the other countries. Although it may contain few silver or copper in the water, the amount will not exceed safe standard and affect the health.
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Dankovich also said, the filtration system was very simple. You only had to put the paper and polluted water in the filter box. A piece of paper could filter 100 liters of water. A drinkable book could supply a personal need for 4 years.
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More than 1.5 million people were killed by waterborne disease like typhoid or diarrheal illnesses each year. Although some filter systems could help them to get drinking water, the “Drinkable book” was more efficiently and lower cost, which was good for communities suffering from severe sanitation problems.
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“Drinkable Book” is still in development phase and will get more laboratory tests and field trials over the next year. Moreover, Dakovich hopes to have the product launched on the market. Her goal is to provide each page for less than 10 cents.