BBC NEWS | Health | Cloth filter could cut cholera deaths

Cholera is a waterborne disease that causes severe diarrhoea. It kills tens of thousands of people a year world-wide.
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They found that an old sari cloth, folded at least four times, was as successful as specially designed nylon filters at removing plankton from water.

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2nd of March:
"On Monday, a seven-year-old girl and two women were pulled from the rubble of a collapsed supermarket by an American search-and-rescue team after they sent a text message calling for help ( Read more... )

Kenya Throws Down On Tea Partiers: We Got Your 'Real Tea Party' Right Here! | TPM LiveWireThey're going to have pairings and tastings, and I would love to go right to the soy chai, and have a mountain of French macaron cookies. Especially rasberry. And lemon. And chocolate. And cafe au lait. Or maybe their version of Russian Caravan, and a dozen ( Read more... )