The World’s Smallest Water Treatment Plant Comes in a Packet

About 800,000,000 people worldwide - that’s almost one in ten, more than the population of the U.S. - don’t have reliable access to clean water.
Using a technology first developed to reuse dirty laundry water, scientists have developed a water treatment plant the size of a teabag. Inside, a potent chemical triple-threat removes microbes, heavy metals, silt and dirt to produce clean, safe water one bucket at a time.
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Ingenious is made with funding and featuring scientists from 3M, Ascend Performance Materials, Baker Hughes, BASF, Dow, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, PPG, Royal DSM, SABIC, Solvay, and W. L. Gore & Associates, none of whom influenced any editorial decisions.

[@AmerChemSociety]

If you'd like to know more about the product we talked about in this video, check out P&G's website csdw.org/pg-purifier-of-water-packets

[@kangjhha]

Did the water even touch the lip?😅

[@zerosumgamez]

That’s the smallest sip of water in the human history

[@kangjhha]

😂

[@chase9899]

I was doubting this product so much cause I've yet to see a video of the end product under a microscope, but the second I saw Alex I was like, "ok yeah I trust it"

[@Rincon009]

This is amazing!

[@raulnicolasperez1587]

In the official web, I cant't see any info about where I can buy that product!!

[@brittanycunningham787]

My tap water is clear but smells like farts, i only drink bottled water and brush my teeth with bottled as well

[@DemonaterTheAce]

Didn’t even swallow it

[@HagerVids]

right?

[@shadowefohex4855]

swallow? lol she didn't intake any water at all. What's the point of the video if you're just gonna signal that you don't trust it yourself?

[@user-bp8yg3ko1r]

Great intro!

[@Riceandbeans7]

Where can you buy this? Thank you for sharing this awesome video

[@AmerChemSociety]

Check out P&G's website. csdw.org/pg-purifier-of-water-packets

[@clarkspiemuncher24]

i cant find this product for sale anywhere (im in the uk)

[@daddycheese689]

Thankyou

[@user-rx5ld1zj8z]

wowza!!

[@assemkhibatolla2739]

THANK YOUUUY

[@MuhammadHassan-tf4rd]

Wow

[@apexalpha4947]

How about adding Nascent Iodine ( Lugols) to purify water AND get the Iodine You need Badly for Your Thyroid???

[@CERATOTAURZZZ]

I miss clicked.

[@shadowefohex4855]

Hold on... How do you make a WHOLE video about how great and safe this thing is. And then at the end you won't even drink it because you clearly don't trust it. Like forget swallowing it, it looks like you didn't even let the water enter your mouth. Like why not just fake it??? I'm not sure what would be worse. Faking that you drank the water that you cleansed or faking that you trust the product by fake sipping on it. SMH.

[@petergriffin3194]

You can hear the sipping noises and can see her neck move as she drinks the water… SMH

[@franciscojosetorresmedina771]

Whats the name of this product?

[@AmerChemSociety]

P&G Purifier of Water.

[@chrish2021]

How does this free up time for other activities instead of hiking half a day for the days water?

[@liluwendrachaturvedi6251]

Any outlet in india Kolkata

[@troytompkins2532]

IF IT WOULD SEPARATE THE BAD STUFF FROM THE WATER, WILL IT ALSO SEPARATE THE GOOD STUFF, LIKE NUTRIENTS AND MINERALS THAT WAS PUT IN THE WATER AS WELL?

[@satista2381]

No it wouldn't. Minerals and your so called nutrients are compounds and ions and generally are dissolved in the water itself. It should be good. The coagulant and flocculant removes dirt from the water primarily. And the chlorine kills Germs. I don't know if the solution removes heavy metals, pesticides etc etc...

[@troytompkins2532]

IF SOMEONE SHOULD EAT WHAT'S IN THE PACKETS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE BLOOD OR OTHER LIQUIDS IN THE BODY?

[@rezhaadriantanuharja3389]

That person will end up in Chubbyemu’s video