At least 2 billion people worldwide routinely drink water contaminated with disease-causing microbes.
Materials Science
May 18, 2023
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Large numbers of businesses in eThekwini on South Africa's eastern seaboard—which includes the port city of Durban—rely heavily on tourism. It's a popular holiday destination, only six hours by road from Johannesburg. ...
Environment
Dec 12, 2022
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Researchers from York University's Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and Lassonde School of Engineering have revamped their Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) with multiple innovations that will help aid workers ...
Environment
Nov 3, 2022
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Flooding has affected well over a million people across East Africa, another calamity threatening food security on top of a historic locust outbreak and the coronavirus pandemic.
Environment
Sep 18, 2020
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Griffith University researchers have used human hair waste to develop sustainable organic hi-tech devices for water quality testing of contaminants.
Materials Science
Jul 15, 2020
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Waterborne diseases affect more than 2 billion people worldwide, causing substantial economic burden. For example, the treatment of waterborne diseases costs more than $2 billion annually in the United States alone, with ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 10, 2020
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Although access to clean drinking water is crucial to public health, it is a highly neglected issue in Nepal. 80% of all diseases in the world are related to either water or sanitation, according to the World Health Organization. ...
Environment
Jul 19, 2016
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Researchers have streamlined and simplified a process that uses extracts from seeds of Moringa oleifa trees to purify water, reducing levels of harmful bacteria by 90% to 99%. The hardy trees that are drought resistant are ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 21, 2014
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Each year in India, waterborne diseases sicken approximately 37.7 million people. One and a half million children die of diarrhea alone, according to a report by WaterAid.
Materials Science
Apr 18, 2014
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Imagine having the power to instantly detect pathogens such as E. coli in water—and to let everyone in the area know within minutes.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 24, 2014
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