Government Taking Newborn DNA Samples--CRAZY | |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 717784 United States 11/23/2009 11:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm aware of newborn screening for diease, but this seems wrong. I thought informed consent is always necessary for human research. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 820379I am truly amazed! Beginning in 2002, the State began saving the leftover specimens, unbeknownst to parents and without their consent. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 717784 United States 11/24/2009 12:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Maybe they're looking for changes that indicate a genetic shift in the human species. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 813216You'd need a lot of samples over many years to identify such changes. Just thinking out loud. Yeah! But maybe they should inform the parents! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 813216 United States 11/24/2009 12:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Maybe they're looking for changes that indicate a genetic shift in the human species. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 717784You'd need a lot of samples over many years to identify such changes. Just thinking out loud. Yeah! But maybe they should inform the parents! That's my point! They're trying to do it in secret, so they don't want to inform the parents!! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 813216 United States 11/24/2009 12:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Maybe get a midwife and have the baby at home and avoid Dr's as much as possible. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 806723It's worth a try. Does the state require parents to take their newborns to the doctor after a home birth? Worth looking into for would-be parents. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 717784 United States 11/24/2009 12:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here are a few I found in an article [link to www.washingtonpost.com] Each state determines what is done with the blood spots afterward. The District discards them after a year. Virginia saves them for up to 10 years but does not allow them to be used for research, officials said. Maryland has been storing blood spots since 2004 and may make its inventory of about 350,000 samples available to researchers. At least nine other states also keep the blood spots indefinitely. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 373696 United States 11/24/2009 02:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I can't seem to find the other states that do keep them Quoting: Anonymous Coward 717784Here are a few I found in an article [link to www.washingtonpost.com] Each state determines what is done with the blood spots afterward. The District discards them after a year. Virginia saves them for up to 10 years but does not allow them to be used for research, officials said. Maryland has been storing blood spots since 2004 and may make its inventory of about 350,000 samples available to researchers. At least nine other states also keep the blood spots indefinitely. Colorado disposes of them after 6 months. No research here, we like our ignorance. |