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#262778 - 08/23/13 11:43 PM Spongy Mat'l Puts Squeeze On Waterborne Diseases
KTOA Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 02/08/04
Posts: 86
Loc: SoCal
Interesting stuff:

Natural disasters often leave survivors without access to safe drinking water. Now researchers have made a cheap, lightweight material that could help survivors get that water fast. It’s a porous gel embedded with silver nanoparticles that works like a bacteria-killing sponge (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, DOI: 10.1021/es401219s). The gel absorbs tainted water, kills bacteria in seconds, and releases drinkable water with just a squeeze.

http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/08/Spongy-Material-Puts-Squeeze-Waterborne.html

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#262799 - 08/24/13 04:46 AM Re: Spongy Mat'l Puts Squeeze On Waterborne Diseases [Re: KTOA]
Phaedrus Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 04/28/10
Posts: 3164
Loc: Big Sky Country
Pretty cool stuff!
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#262812 - 08/24/13 01:59 PM Re: Spongy Mat'l Puts Squeeze On Waterborne Diseases [Re: KTOA]
gonewiththewind Offline
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Registered: 10/14/08
Posts: 1517
would make a great addition to a survival kit, seems to pack small.

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