Book that can literally save lives

Each pull-out page of the “Drinkable Book” contains nanoparticles of silver that can kill waterborne bacteria and purify up to 100 litres of water. In trials, the paper successfully removed more than 99% of bacteria

Book comes printed with guidelines for safe

water consumption both in English

and local language

1.

Tear out a page,

insert it in filter holder

issued with

book

2.

Pour

dirty water

through filter

3.

Silver ions — positively-charged

particles — interfere with bacterium’s

metabolism, producing extremely

toxic substances called

reactive oxygen species (ROS)

4.

Bacteria

cell wall

ROS causes damage

inside cell, harming DNA,

proteins and membrane

that surrounds cell.

Bacterium dies

Source: American Chemical Society

Book that can literally save lives

Each pull-out page of the “Drinkable Book” contains nanoparticles of silver that can kill waterborne bacteria and purify up to 100 litres of water. In trials, the paper successfully removed more than 99% of bacteria

Book comes printed with guidelines for safe

water consumption both in English

and local language

1.

Tear out a page,

insert it in filter holder

issued with

book

2.

Pour

dirty water

through filter

3.

Silver ions — positively-charged

particles — interfere with bacterium’s

metabolism, producing extremely

toxic substances called

reactive oxygen species (ROS)

4.

Bacteria

cell wall

ROS causes damage

inside cell, harming DNA,

proteins and membrane

that surrounds cell.

Bacterium dies

Source: American Chemical Society

Book that can literally save lives

Each pull-out page of the “Drinkable Book” contains nanoparticles of silver that can kill waterborne bacteria and purify up to 100 litres of water. In trials, the paper successfully removed more than 99% of bacteria

Book comes printed with guidelines for safe

water consumption both in English

and local language

1.

Tear out a page,

insert it in filter holder

issued with

book

2.

Pour

dirty water

through filter

Bacteria

cell wall

3.

Silver ions – positively-

chargedparticles – interfere with

bacterium’s metabolism,

producing extremely toxic

substances called

reactive oxygen

species (ROS)

4.

ROS causes damage inside cell,

harming DNA, proteins and membrane

that surrounds cell.

Bacterium dies

Source: American Chemical Society

Book that can literally save lives

Each pull-out page of the “Drinkable Book” contains nanoparticles of silver that can kill waterborne bacteria and purify up to 100 litres of water. In trials, the paper successfully removed more than 99% of bacteria

Book comes printed with

guidelines for safe water

consumption both in English

and local language

1.

Tear out a page, insert

it in filter holder

issued with

book

2.

Pour

dirty water

through filter

Bacteria

cell wall

3.

Silver ions – positively- charged

particles – interfere with bacterium’s

metabolism, producing extremely

toxic substances called

reactive oxygen

species (ROS)

4.

ROS causes

damage inside cell,

harming DNA,

proteins and

membrane that

surrounds cell.

Bacterium dies

Source: American Chemical Society