Worlds most useful tree' provides new low-cost water purification method for developing world
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
A low-cost water purification technique could help drastically reduce the incidence of waterborne disease in the developing world. The procedure, which uses seeds from the Moringa oleifera tree, can produce a 90.00% to 99.99% bacterial reduction in previously untreated water.
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