Could the the pages of an innovative bugkilling book help solve the worlds dire water. Drinkable book has pages that filter water and kill bacteria. Teri dankovich, a researcher at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh who spent years developing and testing the project. Even with highly contaminated water sources like that one, we can achieve 99. Once read, the pages can be torn out and used to make contaminated water safe to drink. 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. The drinkable book has waterpurifying pages by ben coxworth. Dubbed a drinkable book, the technology combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. Teri dankovich is a chemist who invented a paper that purifies 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. The drinkable book could bring clean water to millions. Thegiftofwateryoutube dankovich believes the drinkable book could be part of the answer. The book, simply called the drinkable book, acts to both educate the user and purify their drinking water. The drinkable book project came about from a partnership with brian gartside.
Dr teri dankovich is a scientist who worked on the book for a. Chemist teri dankovich recently created a lifesaving tool in the form of a book with perforated pages that filter 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. Each page of a new drinkable book recently developed by scientists acts as a filter for people who dont have access to clean water. Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the. Each page is coated with silver nanoparticles, whose ions actively kill diseases like. Taking a page from the drinkable book yields clean drinking water. Pages of book could provide safe drinking water for millions. The drinkable book video was awarded an outdoor gold lion at the 2014 cannes lions international. Teri dankovich, uses treated pages that contain nanoparticles of silver or copper, which kill bacteria. According to the bbc news, the books pages can be ripped out and used to purify contaminated water. The book that purifies water and makes it drinkable books have great powers, they can give solace, change lives, and even trigger revolutions. Teri dankovich has come up with a whole different reason to pick up a good book.
It is a lowcost, portable, and reliable alternative to other water purification. Dankovich began work on the technology when she was earning her doctorate at. In an effort to bring clean water to developing countries, dankovich has created a book filled with information. The drinkable book purifies water for millions business. View theresa dankovich s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty. One drinkable book is said to give 5000 litres up to four years of clean drinking water for a single person. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon, waterislife introduced the drinkable book tm. Pour untreated water over a page from the book and silver nanoparticles embedded in it will kill nearly 100 percent of.
Teri dankovich, after having developed this special book with her colleagues, asserts that it is for use in developing countries, where contaminated water carries. The drinkable book provides safe drinking water cnet. The drinkable book purifies water for millions business insider. Teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university who had been developing this new technology for over several years. Credit for the creation of this drinkable book goes to dr. During her phd at mcgill university, dankovich successfully created a page made from cellulose, impregnated with silver nanoparticles. Drinkable book aims to turn the page on dirty drinking 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. Describe your vision for the drinkable book and how page drinking paper began. Teri dankovich from from carnegie mellon university introduces the drinkable book an affordable water purification system that whose. 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. Her current research pursuits involve looking at the impact of nanotechology and the endoflife fate of nanotech in consumer products. Theresa dankovich is currently a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university in civil and environmental engineering.
Teri dankovich, whos drinkable book could give a person in a developing country four year. Teri dankovich, who developed the drinkable book, says it is intended for use in developing countries where contaminated water poses. Dankovich has noted that around 663 million people across the globe. Bugkilling book that cleans up to 100 litres of murky water passes. The drinkable book is a guide to safe drinking water and the pages can be torn out and used as water filters. One drinkable book is said to give 5,000 litres up to four years of clean drinking water for a single person.
Printed on each page of the 100page book is the same message, in either english or swahili. 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. The chemist teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon in pittsburgh, pa, has invented something called the drinkable book. 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. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer. A drinkable book has been invented so its pages can be torn out and used to purify and filter water in developing countries. The drinkable book is an instruction manual with information on how and why water should be filtered.
Dankovich is the one who developed a way to coat silver. 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. Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the developing world. Waterislife and ddb supported scalability work and design based on research conducted by teri dankovich for her ph. At uva dankovich and her colleagues started to test their filter pages. The drinkable book its pages can purify water cbbc. Bugkilling book pages clean murky drinking water bbc news. 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.
Teri dankovich, currently at carnegie mellon, but much of the work for this technology was. New book can filter up to four years worth of drinking 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 why and how water should be filtered. Doctor teri dankovich created a special book whose pages can filter water and eliminate bacteria.
The drinkable book, by waterislife and dr teri dankovich. Taking a page from the drinkable book yields clean. The drinkable book designed by brian gartside the astounding results were revealed at the 2015 american chemical societys national meeting by dr. Dr teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, developed and tested the technology for the book. 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. View theresa dankovichs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon, waterislife introduced the drinkable booktm.
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. In trials at 25 water sources in south africa, ghana, and bangladesh, the paper which. In an effort to bring clean water to developing countries, dankovich has created a. Now dankovich is partnering with the nonprofit waterislife to create a book with pages that dont just explain the problem of water. This lowcost drinkable book that kills bugs and cleans murky water.
The drinkable book that makes clean water mental floss. Its the first ever manual that provides safe water. Teri dankovich, who developed the drinkable book, says it is intended for use in. Teri dankovich, who developed the drinkable book, says it is intended for use in developing countries where contaminated water poses major health risks. Drinkable book being developed by carnegie mellon researcher makes bbc news.
Dankovich says she came up with the idea while doing graduate work in montreal. The drinkable book cleans contaminated water electric. Researchers reveal \drinkable book\ that filters water. 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.
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. According to unicef, in 2015 there were 663 million people using unsafe drinking water. This lowcost drinkable book that kills bugs and cleans. When theresa dankovich began researching the sanitizing potential of silver nanoparticles in 2008, little did she know that her work would contribute to the drinkable book. The book is actually a filtration kit equipped with a filter box and a book with pages that offer sanitation advice and function as. But researcher teri dankovich has developed a special book that could turn dirty water into clean, drinkable water. Drinkable book could give millions access to clean water. Go on, rip up the drinkable book it could be a boon. 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.
Drinkable book promises to filter unclean water time. The bacteriakilling book was developed by dr teri dankovich at. The book that purifies water and makes it drinkable lifegate. Go on, rip up the drinkable book it could be a boon for the developing world. Teri dankovich from from carnegie mellon university introduces the drinkable book an affordable water purification system that whose pages can be used to filter water and kill bacteria. Each page from this drinkable book can clean 25 gallons. Theresa dankovichs chemistry phd work at mcgill university in montreal. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty world. The drinkable book this is the kind of book you dont want to put down.
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