Jackfruit Peel Could Help Clean Water: NIT Rourkela Team Removes 90% of Harmful Fluoride

Cut open a ripe jackfruit, and you are greeted by its golden-yellow flesh, sweet aroma and sticky, fibrous peel. While the juicy fruit often finds its way into curries, chips and desserts, its thick outer covering usually ends up in the bin. Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, however, have found another use for this often-discarded part of the fruit. They have turned jackfruit peel into a material that removed more than 90% of fluoride from contaminated water in

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