Sunlight Plus Lime Juice Makes Drinking Water Safer
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers found that adding lime juice to water that is treated with a solar disinfection method removed detectable levels of harmful bacteria such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) significantly faster than solar disinfection alone.
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