Swiss-based Vestergaard Frandsen–makers of mosquito nets and the LifeStraw–has figured out a solution to turning a profit while saving the world. The company is launching a campaign today that could ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 Vestergaard Frandsen, a Europeancompany developing and selling disease control textiles, today announced thelaunch of LifeStraw(R) Family, a new point-of-use product designed to ...

DUBAI According to a UNICEF report released in August 2010, more than three million children are at high risk of deadly water-borne diseases in Pakistan, making them the most vulnerable victims of the ...

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Nov. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --The award-winning LifeStraw® water purifying technology has been integrated into a new refillable water bottle, LifeStraw® Go, ideal for hikers, ...

Given that approximately one sixth of the world's population lacks access to safe drinking water, it would obviously be a very good idea to create something that allows those people to easily and ...

With over 1.1 million people in the world who don’t have access to clean drinking water, water-borne pathogens are a huge problem for the environment and for human health. Fortunately a clever little ...

There are gadgets that make life more fun, and then there are gadgets that make life possible. The LifeStraw from Denmark's Vestergaard Frandsen Group has the potential to fall into the latter ...