Vestergaard Frandsen
Posted on 10/10/2006 10:14:02 PM PDT by neverdem
Edited on 10/11/2006 2:06:08 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
In very poor countries, the family that has to walk miles to fetch drinking water from a well or a stream may be the lucky one. In many villages, the water source is a filthy pond trod by animals and people, or a mud puddle out next to the yam field.
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Manufactured for $3 and sold to the UN for $49.95 a copy, prolly.
This is a great blessing to many.
This is good thinking plus it reminded me my under sink filter needs to be changed...
Indeed. One in seven people live in Africa, a continent that has suffered unspeakably over the last 100 years, and a place about which the rest of the world simply doesn't care.
You have that wrong. It's sold to the Un for $3 and the UN sells it for $49.99. You don't think the UN crooks would forgo their share of profit do you? How would Annan and son (and the thousands of other liberal elite who lurk the hallways of the UN) live out their retirement years in the style they've become accustomed to without the customary kick backs to pad their reirement funds?
Or these countries who suffer these problems could reduce the size of their governments, embrace capitalism, and reduce corruption, and save many more lives...
I could be wrong, but I think there is a similar device in service with the British Army.
Either way, it's a darn good idea.
Pretty cool (and important) invention. No word on how much water it can filter over its projected lifetime though.
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It could use a way of putting water through it for hygienic purposes (face washing, tooth brushing). Presumably cooking purposes can use the raw water as the heat will kill the viruses and bacteria.
Gimme a break. We toss billions a year into that cesspool and it always ends up in the same hands, dictators and Muslim warlords pockets. Much of the "suffering" is self inflicted, tribal territorial wars, and land redistribution. You can't help those who refuse to help themselves in many cases, and creating welfare nations isn't the answer either. That only creates dependancy.
These people do not self-inflict their misery. As you point out, most of the nations in Africa are run by corrupt dictators and warlords.
Sanitation ended when the Europeans moved out. The infrastructure collapsed due to the corruption mentioned. So we pour more money down the broken sewer.
Q8. What is the life expectancy of the LifeStraw®?
One year from the start of usage (calculation based on consumption of 2 litre water per day) or 700 liters. Use beyond expiry will not deteriorate existing water quality.
Q9. What is the required daily water consumption?
The WHO default levels for the quantities of drinking water (reference to WHO drinking water quality guidelines Third edition 2004, Annex III), are:
• For a 10 kg child, 1 litre water per day - thus 700 days tool
• For a 60 kg adult, 2 litre water per day - thus a 350 days tool
Very good. Thanks.
Not that I'm an expert, but I would think that giardia would easily get caught in the filter of one of these things.
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