2005 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2005. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.
| 5378 |
What current legislation is there to protect an individual against genetic discrimination in the workplace, insurance, etc.
| |
Phyllis Frosst, Ph.D.: Unfortunately, there is currently no federal legislation to protect individuals against discrimination in the workplace, although these bills have passed in the US Senate, they continue to have lukewarm sucess in the US House of Representatives and have not been passed. Several states have legislation to protect individuals against genetic descrimination, but Americans in many US states are still without this important protection. |
|
