LifeStraw

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

A new straw that purifies water as it is drunk is hoped to be part of a
solution to water-borne disease killing thousands in developing
countries - but could also be useful for walkers in the UK.

Does anyone know if they (or something similar) are on sale now in the
UK? I couldn't find anything on the web.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4967452.stm
http://www.lifestraw.com/en/high/maincont2.asp

These ones have been around for yonks..

http://www.strikeforcesupplies.co.uk/stock.php?page=bigpic&item=20014

but I don't know how good (or otherwise) they are.

Tom B said:

A new straw that purifies water as it is drunk is hoped to be part of a
solution to water-borne disease killing thousands in developing
countries - but could also be useful for walkers in the UK.

Well it'd better be easier to suck through than my mini-Katadyn is to pump
through or else there's going to be a whole bunch of imploded faces in A&E depts
around the country.

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Boo