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The socioeconomics of sewage: Analysing waste may assist census takers (economist.com)
12 points by helsinkiandrew on July 19, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



This is apropos but...

Sewage, or rather, highly accurate analysis of sewage... can yield all sorts of data. Theoretically, you could probably determine the number of contributors with genetic analysis. Consumption levels of drugs and such.

It might even have applications at the personal level. Auto Diagnosing toilets.




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