Parasites and Clean Water Supplies

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2007

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Clean water is something that many of us take for granted, but Mark Booth describes how in many parts of the world dirty water can lead to life-threatening disease and parasitic infections. To talk about the current strategies in place to supply clean water we are joined by the World Heath Organisations Alex McKie, and Colin Humphreys explains how high-energy UV LEDs could help provide clean water in the future. In Kitchen Science, Helen Scales and Dave Ansell bring sweetness and light to a house in Cottenham... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Stripping down science, the naked scientists.
0:05.0	Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists.
0:09.2	I'm Chris Smith and also here this week we have Catani, hi Cap.
0:12.2	Hello. Now this week we have Catani, hi Cap. Hello.
0:13.2	Now this week it's a fungal farewell to barnacles
0:15.7	because scientists have found out
0:17.0	how to keep the bottoms of boats in pristine conditions
0:19.5	with a little bit of microbiological help
0:21.4	and we'll be finding out how. Also it's not just humans
0:24.2	that strut their stuff on the dance floor to attract a mate turns out lizards do it too
0:27.8	and a viral diagnosis in 60 seconds which you've all been waiting for.
0:31.3	Scientists have found out how to identify
0:33.1	the cause of a viral infection in under a minute. How it works is coming up shortly.
0:37.4	Cat. And also this week we're discussing the science of parasites that invade humans
0:42.0	and other animals. We have in the studio here
0:44.0	Mark Booth from Cambridge University, he is here to talk about that. We'll also be
0:48.0	finding out the importance of clean water in preventing some of these infections and here in studio we have Alex McKee from
0:54.6	Surrey University and will also be hearing about a new invention that uses LED
0:58.6	technology to disinfect drinking water.
1:01.0	And this week we have got the most awesome kitchen science
1:04.8	experiment for you to try. You have to do this. You'll love it. Not just because I've
1:09.4	got a chocolate or is it a mud-powered clock to give away but because this is an incredible
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