This ceramic filter was built by the company Merinsa, in paternship with the US-based non-profit organisation Potters For Peace, for families living in slums around Lima and without access to drinkable water. A study was undertaken in order to evaluate how the filters reduce illnesses due to contaminated water : a filter was given to 60 families and the results were compared with 60 other families without filters. The FILTRON
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