About Safety Thirst
Safety Thirst has a simple vision, safe drinking water for every person in the world. Easy to say, but it sounds impossible, right? Our solution is to focus on water analysis in developing countries. This problem might sound like a small issue compared with problems like war, or famine, but in fact water borne disease is the largest cause of death in developing countries. Unfortunately, as with so many other problems this world faces, the media is not interested. It simply is not exciting enough!
We are going to change that. By providing proper water testing, we are empowering communities to take control of their water supplies and better understand the causes of water borne disease. We are not going to do this with a radical new technology that is unproven. We are going to use a proven technique George Whiteside developed for urine and blood testing called zero-cost systems.
The idea of zero-cost systems is almost self-explanatory; reduce the cost of a system to as close to nothing as possible. This may sound inconceivable but zero-cost testing for blood and urine samples is already changing the way medical practitioners in developing countries work. Leveraging camera phone technology, tests that require expert analysis can now be done in real time. In the case of water this makes testing more affordable and more practical.
Our team is comprised of a diverse, multidisciplinary team. We have Professors, Doctors, chemical engineers, medical researchers, computer programmers and entrepreneurs but more importantly we have the right people for the job.
We are going to change that. By providing proper water testing, we are empowering communities to take control of their water supplies and better understand the causes of water borne disease. We are not going to do this with a radical new technology that is unproven. We are going to use a proven technique George Whiteside developed for urine and blood testing called zero-cost systems.
The idea of zero-cost systems is almost self-explanatory; reduce the cost of a system to as close to nothing as possible. This may sound inconceivable but zero-cost testing for blood and urine samples is already changing the way medical practitioners in developing countries work. Leveraging camera phone technology, tests that require expert analysis can now be done in real time. In the case of water this makes testing more affordable and more practical.
Our team is comprised of a diverse, multidisciplinary team. We have Professors, Doctors, chemical engineers, medical researchers, computer programmers and entrepreneurs but more importantly we have the right people for the job.
