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Nature Medicine 12, 983 (2006)
Published online: 30 August 2006 | doi:10.1038/nm0906-983b

Text messages dig up pure water for Bangladesh's poor

Alisa Opar1

  1. New York


New database tells villagers how deep their wells should be.


The teenage craze of text messaging will soon enable Bangladeshi villagers to tap into safe water supplies. A new program developed by Columbia University scientists uses cell phones to help villagers digging wells avoid water contaminated with arsenic.

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