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More people die from polluted water every year than from all forms of violence, including war, the U.N. said in a report Monday that highlights the need for clean drinking water.
Sound Byte from National Public Radio USA
by Peter Kenyon
Link to NPR site: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124012949
An American in Yemen has become one of the few global manufacturers of affordable and deceptively simple ceramic water filters that could play a vital role in bringing safe drinking water to millions of people. Using technology that originated in Latin America, he sold 20,000 filters last year at $25 apiece, and hopes to expand his operations this year.
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