WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Vestergaard Frandsen, a European company developing and selling disease control textiles, today announced the launch of LifeStraw(R) Family, a new point-of-use ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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. Created by Danish innovator Torben Vestergaard ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LifeStraw demonstrated the power of consumers to drive social change with its announcement today of a major milestone: 1 million schoolchildren reached with safe drinking ...

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 ...