Pages From ‘Drinkable Book’ Purify Contaminated Drinking Water
EDMOND, Okla.—The charitable organization Water is Life is developing a “Drinkable Book” that not only teaches water safety but can actually be used to treat drinking water. Each page, coated in bacteria-killing silver nanoparticles, can be torn out and used as a filter. The pages kill bacteria that cause cholera, E.coli, typhoid and other diseases, and last up to a month each. The text, printed in food-quality ink, provides basic safety information, such as reminders to keep trash and feces away from water supplies. A single book can provide a person with drinkable water for up to four years.
