“The health consequences of inadequate water and sanitation services include an estimated 4 billion cases of diarrhea and 1.9 million deaths each year, mostly among young children in developing countries. Diarrheal diseases lead to decreased food intake and nutrient absorption, malnutrition, reduced resistance to infection, and impaired physical growth and cognitive development. Since 1996, a [...]

Pug mills really do increase the strength of our filters. At our facility in Yunnan China, we did an experiment where we made 12 blocks as we usually do (banging them on the floor) and each weighing 8.6kg (as usual).

109-790-1-PB.pdf Anand PLAPPALLY1, 3,*, Haoqian CHEN1,2, Wasiu AYINDE4, Samson ALAYANDE4, Andrew USORO1,7, Katie C. FRIEDMAN1,2, Enoch DARE4, Taiwo OGUNYALE6, Ismaiel YAKUB1,6 Megan LEFTWICH5, Karen MALATESTA2, Ron RIVERA8, Larry BROWN3, Alfred SOBOYEJO3 and Winston SOBOYEJO1,5 1Princeton Institute of Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM), 70 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA; 2Department of Chemical and Biological [...]

Who-report-on-scaling-up.pdf Prepared by: Thomas F. Clasen, JD, PhD London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Public Health and Environment Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health World Health Organization Geneva 2009 SUMMARY Providing safe, reliable, piped-in water to every household is an essential goal, yielding optimal health gains while contributing to the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets [...]