Congress aims to outlaw genetic discrimination
Employee Benefit News, June, 2001 by Janet Stokes Trautwein
Advances in the field of genetics have increased so dramatically that we are now able to clone animals. Such research and the recent completion of the mapping of the Human Genome have also provided new ways to check for the probability of certain illnesses. The new possibilities for treatment and prevention of illness based on the availability of this new information are truly exciting. But with this new opportunity comes new responsibility. Will the person with the genetic marker for breast cancer actually get breast cancer? Can we know for certain?
In light of these rapid advances in the field of genetic testing, some people have expressed concern about whether their genetic information might be used improperly by employers for hiring or firing purposes or to prevent them...
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