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GTR: Bringing Safe Drinking Water to Developing Nations with LifeStraw

Posted on Aug 25, 2009 by BLI Editors.

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Lifestraw: A $5 Water Filter Provides Clean Water For a Year

Posted on Apr 13, 2009 by Derek Markham.

The Lifestraw is a simple looking device, merely a plastic tube at first glance, but inside is a powerful water filter, capable of killing disease-causing bacteria and viruses, and filtering particles down to the size of 15 microns. Distributing the Lifestraw to people without access to clean water can make the difference between life and death to them, and the cost to us is only about $5.
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Safe Drinking Water: One Family, One Country at a Time

Posted on Feb 14, 2009 by BLI Editors.

An estimated 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to a safe water supply. For many in the U.S., this is a fact far removed from every day life. The truth is the worldwide water crisis is exactly that—worldwide.

Though significantly worse in developing countries lacking improved sanitation, everyone has reason to question the water they drink. Pollution is nothing new, but the amount of chemicals and pesticides that exist in today’s water supply is staggering, and the EPA regulates only a fraction of these toxins.

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