Airplane Toilets and the Next Pandemic, with Dr. Warish Ahmed
I spoke with Dr. Warish Ahmed, Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, whose team is pioneering the use of airplane wastewater to track superbugs before they cross borders. Our conversation centers on his recent study in Microbiology Spectrum, where he and colleagues analyzed wastewater from international flights to detect antibiotic resistance genes and high-risk …