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News Outlets Examine Water Purifier Launched In India India’s Tata Group on Monday “unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, which it hopes will provide safe drinking water for millions and cut the toll of deadly diseases,” Agence France-Presse/mysinchew.com reports. The purifier, named the Tata Swach, was designed to run in households without electricity and costs about $22, according to the news service (12/7). According to the Associated Press, “[s]ome 894 million people don’t have sufficient access to clean water, and 2…

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