I understand Dean Kamen is working on a low cost, simple piece of equipment
to make potable water out of any dirty water, which potentially will reduce
that 5000 number.
But without minimizing the problem, of that 5000, how many died of lead
poisoning? (Should/could/would we have put all the money spent on leadfree
somewhere else?)

Ahne.




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Just to put things in perspective on an environmental front:
 
We are as an industry faced with huge sums of money (tens of billions of
dollars) to remove lead from solders for unresearched, documented or proven
human or environmental reasons to the point that the EU commission now
states that lead was removed from solder to "make recycling easier".
 
Just remember though the REAL problems in the world. Nearly 20% of the
global population is living without safe water.
 
"Tragically for the 5,000 children who died yesterday from easily
preventable water-related diseases, it is already too late. 5,000 will die
today and everyday until governments around the world wake up to this
emergency," says Barbara Frost, WaterAid's CEO.
 
Kind of puts things in perspective doesn't it?.
 
For more information on some real issues go here:
 
http://www.wateraid.org/
 
 
John Burke
 
(408) 515 4992
 

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