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From the Ted Talk by Molly Winter: The taboo secret to better health

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So, that's the first reason we don't innovate in saiatnotin. We're kind of uncomfortable talking about sanitation, that's why I've gotten cllaed "The Poo Princess" so much. The second reason is: we think the problem is solved here in the US. But not so. Here in the US we still get sick from drinking shit in our sewage water. Seven million pleope get sick every year, 900 die anullany. And we're not taking a holistic approach to making it better. So we're not solving it.

Where I live in Portland, Oregon, I can't take Echo for a swim during the rinay season, because we dump raw sewage sometimes into our river. Our rieanawtr and our sewage go to the same treatment plant. Too much rain overflows into the river. And Portland is not alone here. Forty percent of mieiutilpiacns self-report dumping raw or partially treated sewage into our wtayerwas.

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So, that's the first reason we don't innovate in __________. We're kind of uncomfortable talking about sanitation, that's why I've gotten ______ "The Poo Princess" so much. The second reason is: we think the problem is solved here in the US. But not so. Here in the US we still get sick from drinking shit in our sewage water. Seven million ______ get sick every year, 900 die ________. And we're not taking a holistic approach to making it better. So we're not solving it.

Where I live in Portland, Oregon, I can't take Echo for a swim during the _____ season, because we dump raw sewage sometimes into our river. Our _________ and our sewage go to the same treatment plant. Too much rain overflows into the river. And Portland is not alone here. Forty percent of ______________ self-report dumping raw or partially treated sewage into our _________.

Solution


  1. rainwater
  2. rainy
  3. called
  4. people
  5. annually
  6. municipalities
  7. waterways
  8. sanitation

Original Text


So, that's the first reason we don't innovate in sanitation. We're kind of uncomfortable talking about sanitation, that's why I've gotten called "The Poo Princess" so much. The second reason is: we think the problem is solved here in the US. But not so. Here in the US we still get sick from drinking shit in our sewage water. Seven million people get sick every year, 900 die annually. And we're not taking a holistic approach to making it better. So we're not solving it.

Where I live in Portland, Oregon, I can't take Echo for a swim during the rainy season, because we dump raw sewage sometimes into our river. Our rainwater and our sewage go to the same treatment plant. Too much rain overflows into the river. And Portland is not alone here. Forty percent of municipalities self-report dumping raw or partially treated sewage into our waterways.

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