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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 08:36 AM Feb 2015

She came up with an invention to save 12 million people. Genius? Kinda.

http://www.upworthy.com/she-came-up-with-an-invention-to-save-12-million-people-genius-kinda?c=upw1

In fact, 12 million people in São Paulo are running out of water.

That's...

More than the number of people in New York City.
About the same number people that live in Illinois, Pennsylvania, or Ohio.
More than the number of people in Greece.

Exact numbers aside, that's a lot of people who don't have proper drinking water or water to flush their toilets or wash their clothes.
One woman is trying to help out with the water shortage.

Terezinha Silva is her name.

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She came up with an invention to save 12 million people. Genius? Kinda. (Original Post) eridani Feb 2015 OP
Good thing she doesn't live in the Western US. Thor_MN Mar 2015 #1
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