Tag: WHO

Now You Can Drink Water From The Sea

The World Health Organization states that about 785 million people around the world lack a clean source of drinking water. Despite 70 percent of our planet being blue and comprising of water, only 2.5 percent of the total is potable.   The Korean Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has announced the development of a stable electrospun nanofiber membrane to turn seawater into drinking water by the membrane distillation process. Membrane wetting is the most challenging issue in membrane distillation. If a membrane exhibits wetting during membrane distillation operation, the membrane must be replaced. Progressive membrane wetting has been especially observed for long-term operations.  A research team led […]

Want To Improve Your Child’s Health? Reduce Their Screen Time, Says WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) issued screen time norms for children to ensure that they grow up to be healthy and fit. They encourage children to play and lead more active lives than wasting the whole day with their eyes glued to TV/mobile screens. According to the United Nations (UN), about 6% of the world’s 40 million children are overweight. Half of them found in Africa and Asia combined! Cause for concern: In today’s world, as parents we find it convenient, to allow our children to watch cartoons while we go about our daily work. What may seem as harmless pass-time, […]