Textile wastewater, laden with synthetic dyes, poses significant environmental and public health challenges. The biodegradation of these dyes employs naturally occurring microorganisms and their ...

Every year, the textile industry uses 1.3 trillion gallons of water to dye garments – enough to fill 2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools. Most of this water, loaded with harmful chemicals and dyes, ...

Dyes widely used in the textile, food and pharmaceutical industries pose a pressing threat to plant, animal and human health, as well as natural environments around the world, a new study has found.

The textile industry is one of the major industrial sectors in India, contributing significantly to revenue and employment generation. At the same time, it causes severe environmental impacts by ...

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has developed and deployed an advanced new technology for efficiently processing wastewater from the textile industry. The discharge from these ...

The new material is made from a polymer, called polydopamine, modified with an ionic liquid to create a new material able to remove anionic pollutants from water. Credit: [Emma Kim – GettyImages] ...

HYDERABAD: While the textile industry helps many across the state earn their livelihoods, the chemical effluents from the units affect the lives of people living in the vicinity. To address this, a ...