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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