# The vital data you flush down the toilet | Newsha Ghaeli

An episode of [TED Health](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/470623173), 4 Jun 2024, 11 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67585b08102e6d4448d360b1/e/1000657299372/media.mp3

"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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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