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| - | |A recent WHO and UNICEF report estimates that as of 2010, almost a billion people around the world lack access to contaminant free, safe drinking water (WHO & UNICEF, 2012). This poses a significant health risk to individuals and especially children. The United Nations approximates that 3 million people, in developing countries alone, die each year from water related illnesses (UNESCO, 2009). In the United States, water quality is strictly monitored by government agencies. But in many places a lack of regulation combined with poor irrigation leads to a hazardous situation. In 2012, the Gaston Day School iGEM team created biological heavy metal detectors. However, they were not sensitive enough to be a practical application of the BioBricks. | + | |A recent WHO and UNICEF report estimates that as of 2010, almost a billion people around the world lack access to contaminant free, safe drinking water (WHO & UNICEF, 2012). This poses a significant health risk to individuals and especially children. The United Nations approximates that 3 million people, in developing countries alone, die each :year from water related illnesses (UNESCO, 2009). In the United States, water quality is strictly monitored by ::government agencies. But in many places a lack of regulation combined with poor irrigation leads to a hazardous situation. In 2012, the Gaston Day School iGEM team created biological heavy metal detectors. However, they were not sensitive enough to be a practical application of the BioBricks. |
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| A recent WHO and UNICEF report estimates that as of 2010, almost a billion people around the world lack access to contaminant free, safe drinking water (WHO & UNICEF, 2012). This poses a significant health risk to individuals and especially children. The United Nations approximates that 3 million people, in developing countries alone, die each :year from water related illnesses (UNESCO, 2009). In the United States, water quality is strictly monitored by ::government agencies. But in many places a lack of regulation combined with poor irrigation leads to a hazardous situation. In 2012, the Gaston Day School iGEM team created biological heavy metal detectors. However, they were not sensitive enough to be a practical application of the BioBricks.
2. UNESCO. (2009). Water in a changing world. Retrieved from UNESCO Publishing website: http://webworld.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/wwdr3/pdf/WWDR3_Water_in_a_Changing_World.pdf | |
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