"When you upload your DNA, you're potentially becoming a genetic informant on the rest of your family." Law professor Elizabeth Joh "Guilt by association" has taken on new connotations in the technological age. All of those fascinating,.
North Carolina senators on the Redistricting and Elections Committee disagreed on steps to protect the rights of voters in a heated committee hearing on Wednesday. The disagreement revolved around the discussion of three bills all of which essentially echo an earlier version of the "Election Integrity Act" (Senate Bill 326) a Republican proposal that…
The War Over Genetic Privacy Is Just Beginning
Published: June 9, 2021
“Guilt by association” has taken on new connotations in the technological age.
All of those fascinating, genealogical searches that allow you to trace your family tree by way of a DNA sample can now be used against you and those you love.
As of 2019, more than 26 million people had added their DNA to ancestry databases. It’s estimated those databases could top 100 million profiles within the year, thanks to the aggressive marketing of companies such as Ancestry and 23andMe.
It’s a tempting proposition: provide some mega-corporation with a spit sample or a cheek swab, and in return, you get to learn everything about who you are, where you came from, and who is part of your extended your family.
E. coli) spread easily in untreated water. (According to the CDC, germ-killing pool disinfectants like chlorine and bromine are unsafe for kiddie pool use because it can be hard to gauge how much disinfectant should be added as water sloshes from the pool throughout the day.)
Dumping the water from your pool each day can also help mitigate any potentially disastrous accidents. The CDC mentions that some state or local laws in your area may require fences or barriers around inflatable and plastic kiddie pools and slides. And the US Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends that you either fence, cover, or empty your portable pool (PDF) to ensure your child’s safety.
Four years after execution, tests show a different man s DNA on the murder weapon
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5 minutes to read My dying words will always be, as it has been, I am an innocent man, Ledell Lee said the day before his execution. Photo / AP My dying words will always be, as it has been, I am an innocent man, Ledell Lee said the day before his execution. Photo / AP
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For 22 years, Ledell Lee maintained that he had been wrongly convicted of murder. My dying words will always be, as it has been, I am an innocent man, he told the BBC in an interview published on April 19, 2017 the day before officials in Arkansas administered the lethal injection.