The Vital Data You Flush Down the Toilet | Newsha Ghaeli | TED

"Everybody pees and poops - and we know that urine and stool contain a rich source of information on our health," says data detective Newsha Ghaeli. Exploring the growing field of wastewater epidemiology, she shows how studying sewage can (anonymously) reveal a lot about the collective well-being of our cities - leading to real-time quality-of-life improvements like tracking pandemics, updating social policies and much more.
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[@nerd26373]

The vital data I will flush down the toilet are my mistakes and regrets. I can’t have that clinging onto me for another decade.

[@shirleyperry3170]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MaybeYoureRight-1234]

No! Thank you😅

[@gregkoons6672]

Seriously genius. EVERY metropolitan area across the globe should be able to implement this allowing cities to allocate resources to better serve their communities.

[@chocomalk]

TLDR Tracking your every move with your smart phone isn't enough so now we are going to get personal.

[@Angelinajolieshorts]

Great work, Love and respect from USA🥰🤩😍😍

[@HamzaKhan-ik6re]

This aspect I had never thought of before 😊

[@trangle1506]

This aspect I had never thought of before

[@mrso6659]

Such a fascinating topic. Thank you for the work you and other scientists are pioneering ❤

[@malenotyalc]

Civic duty had me rolling 😂

[@williamparker2922]

Lol, if your in LA or Portland it's on the streets, not under it.

[@vagabondfeet]

Just sat down with my dinner

[@silents9084]

I’ll start collecting it now

[@nunoteixeira271]

Crazy… no boundaries

[@tips7667]

간만에 유익하고 재밌는 소재..

[@asldev_blogs]

happy new year 😊

[@emersonucls]

Ty

[@HShango]

They should also pour some research into bacteriophages

[@JahidKhan-fz5xk]

It was a indispensable data☺️

[@brandonchong4025]

I saw this on adult swim awhile ago

[@divyanshbhadiar1508]

From which tool or software she has used for making her graphs anyone any idea Please?

[@MiloshVictory]

Smart Pipe is finally here!

[@farticusmaximusOG]

"UNAUTHORIZED BATHROOM USER, YOU WILL BE FINED $100!"

[@charleshorseman55]

"We detected an unacceptable viral load from your toilet - you will be extricated to a secure facility to be assessed and treated until fit to be released to the community" "We detected an unacceptable drug load from your toilet - you will be extricated to a secure facility to be assessed and treated until fit to be released to the community" "We detected an unacceptable volume load from your toilet - you will be extricated to a secure facility to be assessed and treated until fit to be released to the community"

[@oliviao2238]

One of the takeaways from this is that if you are a COVID denier, this will enlighten you and hopefully change your viewpoint.

[@Murph_82]

I'd love to study hers 🙈😅

[@justanothergrunt9053]

Pause

[@carsonhunt4642]

😭 💀

[@Murph_82]

@@carsonhunt4642 🙈

[@MaybeYoureRight-1234]

We need an American President who knows it will take more than incremental change to stave off environmental catastrophe. - Marianne Williamson 🌺 😅

[@Angelinajolieshorts]

🤣

[@timothygalvin3021]

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most " Ozzy Osborne

[@mariaantoniettamontella9173]

bravissima

[@meanderinoranges]

TED sure has become a source of "data".

[@JahidKhan-fz5xk]

Every single people should be civic duty to the toilet😂

[@JahidKhan-fz5xk]

🎉🎉🎉😊

[@nothinginteresting1662]

'No data linking back to a specific person' What about stool samples collected for medical purpose? It has become quite common nowadays. Clearly they know the person whose stool was collected.

[@HealthZo]

😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉 0:10 Data 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@MyANTHEMS]

Yh, data of the bad choices i made the day before

[@arwah97]

Well.. you can’t say that you don’t give a s4!t anymore ☺️

[@ShahrezadNorMohammadiy9116]

Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed [Verse: 17] how the heavens are lifted [Verse: 18] how the mountains are raised high [Verse: 19] how the earth is spread out? [Verse: 20] So [Prophet] warn them: your only task is to give warning [Verse: 21] *-📖The Holy Quran,* surah: Al-Gashiyah, chapter88, verse17-21

[@gexoll]

I want a smart toilet, everytime I go it gives me health data a out my body.. can I have one pllleaseeee. -(message from the future)

[@asldev_blogs]

546-like is mine😂

[@Billary]

SmartPipe selling like hotcakes in 2024

[@alamgirr1996]

Please write English in the video.❤❤❤

[@my-thienmai5649]

You go to setting and turn caption in English on.

[@user-lr4cn4lw4y]

First.. For Ever..

[@MaybeYoureRight-1234]

Save our planet 🌍😅 _Our world far too important_ _and the time to ACT is NOW_ 😅

[@ji-tc8uo]

Crazy criminels

[@justanothergrunt9053]

… ew

[@HappySlappii]

This is so full of crap it actually makes sense for once! 😊

[@ShahrezadNorMohammadiy9116]

There truly are signs in the creation of the heavens and earth, and in the alternation of night and day, for those with understanding [Verse: 190] Who remember God standing, sitting, and lying down, who reflect on the creation of the heavens and earth: ‘Our Lord! You have not created all this without purpose- You are far above that!- so protect us from the torment of the Fire. [Verse: 191] *-📖The Holy Quran,* surah: Al-Imran, chapter3, verse190-191

[@mohammednasser1586]

God save you my sister ... I have the honor to forward.

[@user-lu6rc5cm7e]

It takes away the freedom of people, who want to get overdosing. PS: Remember - Big Brother is watching you, the toilet is unsafe.

[@ShahrezadNorMohammadiy9116]

And God created each animal out of [its own] fluid: some of them crawl on their bellies, some walk on two legs, and some on four. God creates whatever He will; God has power over everything. *-📖The Holy Quran,* surah: Al-Nur, chapter24, verse45

[@user-lu6rc5cm7e]

WHY?

[@christiansoldier1547]

It's would show how much everyone's immune system has suffered since that thing a lot of people took....

[@ShahrezadNorMohammadiy9116]

And a pair of camels and a pair of cattle- ask them [Prophet], ‘Has He forbidden the two males, the two females, or the young in the wombs of the two females? Were you present when God gave you these commands?’ So who is more wicked than he who fabricates lies against God with no basis in knowledge in order to lead people astray? God does not guide the evildoers. *-📖The Holy Quran,* surah: Al-Anam, chapter6, verse144