LifeStraw® Personal
Sharing a passion to achieve the Goals such as
environmental up-gradation, and 'reducing by
half the proportion of people without sustainable
access to safe drinking water' by the year 2015,
we recognize the immense sense of urgency.
Today, more than one billion people of the world's
population are without access to safe drinking water.
At any given moment, about half of the world's poor are
suffering from waterborne disease, of which over 6,000 –
mainly children - die each day by consuming unsafe
drinking water. Safe water interventions have vast
potential to transform the lives of millions of people.
Water filtration tools not only provide safe drinking
water but also have a positive health impact on the
most vulnerable populations. The Cochrane review (2006)
demonstrates that these water filters are the most effective
interventions amongst all point-of-use water treatment
methods for reducing diarrhoeal diseases. This study
also proves that it is not enough to treat water at the
point-of-source; it must also be made safe at the point
of consumption.
Life Straw® - Product Features
· Offers easy access to safe drinking water away from home.
· Each unit filters a minimum of 700 litres of water.
· Kills and removes 99.999% of waterborne bacteria.
· Kills and removes 98.2% of waterborne viruses.
· Removes particles down to 15 microns.
· Requires no electricity, power or spare parts for the life time of the straw.
· Easy to mass-distribute in areas where drinking water is contaminated.
· Unit is small, light and compact.
