The drinkable book project came about from a partnership with brian gartside. Drinkable book has pages that filter water and kill bacteria. The book, simply called the drinkable book, acts to both educate the user and purify their drinking water. To combat the problem and to help educate about the dangers of unsafe water, waterislife teamed up with dr teri dankovich from carnegie mellon to create the drinkable book. The drinkable book is a guide to safe drinking water and the pages can be torn out and used as water filters. The drinkable book this is the kind of book you dont want to put down.
View theresa dankovich s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Chemist teri dankovich recently created a lifesaving tool in the form of a book with perforated pages that filter water. Taking a page from the drinkable book yields clean drinking water. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to drink, researchers say each page in the drinkable book is printed with instructions in local languages. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer. Teri dankovich pouring contaminated pond water into a. A drinkable book has been invented so its pages can be torn out and used to purify and filter water in developing countries.
Credit for the creation of this drinkable book goes to dr. The drinkable book provides safe drinking water cnet. The drinkable book has waterpurifying pages by ben coxworth. In an effort to bring clean water to developing countries, dankovich has created a book filled with information. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty.
Drinkable book could give millions access to clean water with pages that can filter out bacteria, the drinkable book may solve a major public health problem for. Dankovich began work on the technology when she was earning her doctorate at. Teri dankovich has come up with a whole different reason to pick up a good book. Each page from this drinkable book can clean 25 gallons of water this innovative tome can kill more than 99% of bacteria, thanks to nanoparticles. At uva dankovich and her colleagues started to test their filter pages. The drinkable book could bring clean water to millions. Dr teri dankovich is a scientist who worked on the book for a. According to the bbc news, the books pages can be ripped out and used to purify contaminated water. Theresa dankovichs chemistry phd work at mcgill university in montreal. The bacteriakilling book was developed by dr teri dankovich at. The drinkable book cleans contaminated water electric.
Each page is coated with silver nanoparticles, whose ions actively kill diseases like. Waterislife and ddb supported scalability work and design based on research conducted by teri dankovich for her ph. The drinkable book is an instruction manual with information on how and why water should be filtered. The drinkable book that makes clean water mental floss. Her current research pursuits involve looking at the impact of nanotechology and the endoflife fate of nanotech in consumer products. According to unicef, in 2015 there were 663 million people using unsafe drinking water.
It is a lowcost, portable, and reliable alternative to other water purification systems and methods, and though it is not yet commercially available, it aims to. Even with highly contaminated water sources like that one, we can achieve 99. One drinkable book is said to give 5000 litres up to four years of clean drinking water for a single person. Chemist teri dankovich has come up with a book with removable pages that can kill bacteria, making. This lowcost drinkable book that kills bugs and cleans murky water. As a way to get this special filtering paper to some of the planets 663 million people who lack clean drinking water, its been incorporated into the drinkable book, and actual book that includes information on. Teri dankovich, after having developed this special book with her colleagues, asserts that it is for use in developing countries, where contaminated water carries.
During her phd at mcgill university, dankovich successfully created a page made from cellulose, impregnated with silver nanoparticles. Each page of a new drinkable book recently developed by scientists acts as a filter for people who dont have access to clean water. Drinkable book aims to turn the page on dirty drinking water. Dankovich has noted that around 663 million people across the globe. Could the the pages of an innovative bugkilling book help solve the worlds dire water. Its the first ever manual that provides safe water. Dubbed a drinkable book, the technology combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. Taking a page from the drinkable book yields clean. Drinkable book could give millions access to clean water. Researchers have successfully completed field trials on a drinkable book that can be used to filter drinking water the book, a product of researcher dr.
Teri dankovich, uses treated pages that contain nanoparticles of silver or copper, which kill bacteria. Teri dankovich of carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh presented the new invention on monday at the american chemical societys 250th national meeting in boston to much fanfare. Theresa dankovich is currently a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university in civil and environmental engineering. Drinkable book promises to filter unclean water time. View theresa dankovichs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. New book can filter up to four years worth of drinking water. Pages of book could provide safe drinking water for millions. Teri dankovich, from carnegie mellon in pittsburgh, who has been leading the research on what she calls the drinkable book said in one trial, they tested a ditch contaminated with sewage. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon, waterislife introduced the drinkable booktm. Teri dankovich, who developed the drinkable book, says it is intended for use in developing countries where contaminated water poses major health risks. Teri dankovich, who developed the drinkable book, says it is intended for use in developing countries where contaminated water poses. Printed on each page of the 100page book is the same message, in either english or swahili.
The drinkable book its pages can purify water cbbc. Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the. Describe your vision for the drinkable book and how page drinking paper began. As a way to get this special filtering paper to some of the planets 663 million people who lack clean drinking water, its been incorporated into the drinkable book, and actual book that includes information on why and how water should be filtered. The book is actually a filtration kit equipped with a filter box and a book with pages that offer sanitation advice and function as. Dr teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, developed and tested the technology for the book over several years, working at mcgill university in. Dankovich is the one who developed a way to coat silver.
Drinkable book being developed by carnegie mellon researcher makes bbc news. Now dankovich is partnering with the nonprofit waterislife to create a book with pages that dont just explain the problem of water. Bugkilling book pages clean murky drinking water bbc news. In an effort to bring clean water to developing countries, dankovich has created a.
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But researcher teri dankovich has developed a special book that could turn dirty water into clean, drinkable water. The book that purifies water and makes it drinkable books have great powers, they can give solace, change lives, and even trigger revolutions. The drinkable book video was awarded an outdoor gold lion at the 2014 cannes lions international. Researchers reveal \drinkable book\ that filters water. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon, waterislife introduced the drinkable book, the firstever manual that provides safe water, sanitation and hygiene education and serves as a tool to kill deadly waterborne diseases by providing the reader with an opportunity to create clean, drinkable water from each page. Teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university who had been developing this new technology for over several years. The drinkable book purifies water for millions business insider. Bugkilling book that cleans up to 100 litres of murky water passes. Teri dankovich, from carnegie mellon in pittsburgh, who has been leading the research on what she calls the drinkable book said in one trial, they tested a ditch contaminated with sewage that contained millions of bacteria. Lily hay newman writes for slate about the drinkable book, a new product being put forth by clean water advocacy group waterislife, along with ad agency ddb, backed by research from carnegie mellon and the university of virginia, and led by teri dankovich of mcgill university. Once read, the pages can be torn out and used to make contaminated water safe to drink. The chemist teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon in pittsburgh, pa, has invented something called the drinkable book.
Teri dankovich, currently at carnegie mellon, but much of the work for this technology was. Go on, rip up the drinkable book it could be a boon for the developing world. In trials at 25 water sources in south africa, ghana, and bangladesh, the paper which. The book that purifies water and makes it drinkable lifegate. Dankovich says she came up with the idea while doing graduate work in montreal. One drinkable book is said to give 5,000 litres up to four years of clean drinking water for a single person.
But a book, developed by researcher teri dankovich, contains specially treated pages that decontaminate water could potentially improve the lives of many who live in the developing world. Each page from this drinkable book can clean 25 gallons. Doctor teri dankovich created a special book whose pages can filter water and eliminate bacteria. The drinkable book has been trialled with promising results in south africa. Go on, rip up the drinkable book it could be a boon. Teri dankovich from from carnegie mellon university introduces the drinkable book an affordable water purification system that whose. This lowcost drinkable book that kills bugs and cleans. Teri dankovich, a researcher at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh who spent years developing and testing the project. Pour untreated water over a page from the book and silver nanoparticles embedded in it will kill nearly 100 percent of. Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the developing world.
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