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If you or your child was born in California after 1983, your DNA is likely being stored by the government, may be available to law enforcement and may even be in the hands of outside researchers.
Like many states, California collects bio-samples from every child born in the state. The material is then stored indefinitely in a state-run biobank, where it may be purchased for outside research.
State law requires that parents are informed of their right to request the child’s sample be destroyed, but the state does not confirm parents actually get that information before storing or selling their child’s DNA.
Like many states, California collects bio-samples from every child born in the state. The material is then stored indefinitely in a state-run biobank, where it may be purchased for outside research.
Some states destroy the blood spots after a year, 12 states store them for at least 21 years.
California, however, is one of a handful of states that stores the remaining blood spots for research indefinitely in a state-run biobank.
originally posted by: VashTheStampede
That's really not cool, they have my DNA, asked my mother about this and she never got one of the pamphlets they were supposed to give my parents. Why isn't there a lawsuit forming about this?
I know I would never consent to this and have purposefully avoided doing things like ancestry ect... that would collect my DNA. I pray that they lose my sample and of the other people they stole DNA from.
You would be sick to your stomach if you knew the extent to which that DNA information has been "utiliized."
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: CreationBro
You would be sick to your stomach if you knew the extent to which that DNA information has been "utiliized."
Please elucidate us. I have a bucket handy.
is that many, many citizens of the United States of America had their DNA unlawfully sequenced
originally posted by: NorthernLites
Scary stuff. Doesn't seem to far fetched they could sell the data to insurance companies and use genetic predisposition to make someone have a higher rate for health insurance.
If you or your child was born in California after 1983, your DNA is likely being stored by the government, may be available to law enforcement and may even be in the hands of outside researchers.
Like many states, California collects bio-samples from every child born in the state. The material is then stored indefinitely in a state-run biobank, where it may be purchased for outside research.
State law requires that parents are informed of their right to request the child’s sample be destroyed, but the state does not confirm parents actually get that information before storing or selling their child’s DNA.
California, however, is one of a handful of states that stores the remaining blood spots for research indefinitely in a state-run biobank.
Even though the parents pay for the lifesaving test itself, the child’s leftover blood spots become property of the state and may be sold to outside researchers without the parent’s knowledge or consent.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Riffrafter
Except that the researchers don't really have any way to determine who the samples came from.