India faces a major water crisis, with over 600 million people facing extreme water stress.
According to the Central Pollution Board report, we generate over 35,558 million liters of wastewater per day.
CarbanEl focuses on biodegrading triclocarban (TCC),a compound found in wastewater through sources of personal care products.
CarbanEl's proposed solution was to degrade TCC into non-toxic final products by inserting the novel amidase gene into a chassis, which degrades its byproducts.
TCC, when exposed to the environment as sludge, inhibits plant metabolism and harms endocrine functioning in aquatic life
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