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John Cornyn: “There could be discrimination by employers against people…”

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Senator John Cornyn Questions 23andMe and Experts on Genetic Data Security and National Security Risks

Published | Video Starts at 01:40

… basically deny you because of perhaps some indication, some evidence of a genetic defect that would lead you to contracted disease or the like. And then of course, employment, where There could be discrimination by employers against people based on their genetic profile. So all of this is something we have anticipated to some extent, but I don't think we have been able to predict the extent to which this genetic profile, this … (01:40–01:46)

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