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DNA tests could lead to insurance, employment problems 2-25-08
The New York Times published a lengthy article on how genetic testing or DNA
tests could affect one's prospect of health insurance and possible employment
because of potential discrimination based on the genetic disposition for certain
serious health consequences.
The point seems to be that genetic testing poses a real danger to the one who
subjects himself to the test because it’s uncertain how the genetic information
will be used against your health and employment.
On one hand, people need to get to know more of their genetic information to
help diagnose and treat their condition. On the other, the health insurance
companies may deny issuing policies to them because of their hereditary diseases
which would hamper their effect to maintain their health or prospective
employers may not hire them for even a low-wage job.
There are basic four types of genetic testing people often do currently
including carrier identification, prenatal diagnosis, newborn screening and
genetic identification. People should give it a thought because taking any
genetic testing.
Carrier identification includes genetic tests indicated to examine if a couple
whose families have a history of recessive genetic disorders would pass on their
faulty genes to their children. Three common tests include those for cystic
fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease and sickle-cell trait.
Prenatal diagnosis is meant to diagnose diseases in a fetus, which could
potentially result in an abortion when a serious disease is certain enough to
prompt the pregnant woman and her partner to decide to stop the pregnancy. Some
potentially beneficial use of this type of genetic testing is early diagnosis of
diseases such as Down syndrome so that parents may be prepared to meet the
challenge.
Newborn screening is very common and often forced on parents in most of the 50
states if not all. The intent of this type of genetic testing is to treat the
diseases such as Phenylketonuria and congenital hypothyroidism early.
Late-onset disorders are diseases that develop later in life such as cancer and
heart disease. Genetic testing may indicate a susceptibility or predisposition
for certain diseases such as Huntington's disease and breast cancer.
Identification of genetic information is another category of genetic testing
used in legal cases involving paternity and in criminal investigation.
Some people may not think much of the privacy issue. But in fact, the testing
laboratories often retain your genetic information with or without your notice.
In certain cases the state law requires the lab to retain the DNA information
for whatever purpose. The banking of genetic information poses a risk in the
same way as the credit card information is stored by a retailer. You never know
when your genetic information will be stolen and used against you.