Bacteria-Killing Straw.

Posted by Alex in Everything Else on May 17, 2006 at 1:10 pm


Danish inventor Torben Vestergaard Frandsen created a straw with filters and an iodine-impregnated chamber to remove bacteria from water as it is drunk.

Mr Mortensen said that using the straw, it would be possible even to drink water from the notoriously polluted Thames river in London.

"You’d definitely have a bacteria-free drink," he said.

"You might still taste some of the algae, but you could do it, no problem."

Link | Lifestraw Website


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3 comments to "Bacteria-Killing Straw."

  1. Loopy Loo
    May 17th, 2006 at 6:29 pm

    Uh, don’t think I’ll be testing that out anytime soon.

  2. Rod Renegade
    May 17th, 2006 at 9:03 pm

    I’d feel even better about it with a psychadelically cool ultraviolet light attachment…

  3. fish
    May 19th, 2006 at 12:03 am

    http://www.thamesweb.com/topic.php?topic_name=Water%20Quality

    “Contrary to popular belief, water quality in the Thames is a lot better today than it has been for many years…

    …a dramatic improvement in water quality. As a result, many different animals, birds and fish have returned to live and breed in the estuary. Today there are 121 different species of fish and over 170,000 birds in the estuary.”


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