Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Household water filter use in Ahmedabad
Posted on 21 Oct, 2015 12:09 PM76 million people lack access to safe drinking water in India thus increasing their risk to mortality from water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea, typhoid, and cholera. The poor are much more likely to be affected by unsafe drinking water than those who are financially better off.
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