Bhubaneswar: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar (IIT-BBS) have developed an affordable, sensitive and field-deployable solution for detecting arsenic contamination in drinking water. High levels of arsenic in potable water have been a major concern in many parts of India and abroad.
The research team of the School of Electrical and Computer Sciences (SECS) has developed a compact, handheld arsenic detection device, named ArsenSafe, through Nano Semic Pvt. Ltd., a startup incubated at the Research and Entrepreneurship Park of IIT Bhubaneswar.
