Transcript Self-reliance in water treatment: Providing safe drinking

Self-reliance in water treatment:
Providing safe drinking water to communities
using charcoal filtration to remove pesticides
Josh Kearns
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Pun Pun Farm
Chiang Mai
Bangkok
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organic gardening
workshops
making adobe
seed saving
natural
building
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Out of 45 agrichemical products…
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• 22 are moderately to acutely
toxic
• 11 cholinesterase inhibitors
(neurotoxins)
• 12 suspected endocrine
disruptors
• 7 reproductive or
developmental toxins
• 11 possible carcinogens
• 7 known carcinogens
• 16 significant groundwater
contaminants
electron microscope images of activated charcoal
~ 1 mm
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earthen kiln for charcoal making
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adobe hut “laboratory” and
Aqueous’ headquarters at Pun
Pun Farm
Josh Kearns
[email protected]
www.aqsolutions.org