Science Nation: Engineering Safer Drinking Water in Africa

Funnel with filter feeding into a receptacle. The fluid in the filter is dark and the filter is dirty. Caption: She's developing fluoride filtering devices

Access to safe drinking water is a global problem for nearly a billion people. For approximately 200 million people, many in Africa, high levels of naturally occurring fluoride in the water cause disfiguring and debilitating dental and skeletal disease. University of Oklahoma environmental scientist Laura Brunson is back from Ethiopia where, with support from the National Science Foundation, she’s developing fluoride filtering devices that use inexpensive materials readily available right there in the villages.

(Source: DCMP)

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  • Science Nation: Engineering Safer Drinking Water in Africa

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    Video
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    Streaming
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    Languages:
    English
    License:
    OER
    Author:
    National Science Foundation
    Length:
    3 minutes