Daily Grist: DNA TESTING & TOXIC CHEMICAL EXPOSURE

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At 01:26 PM 9/18/07, you wrote:

>Gene Cool

>DNA testing helps to settle claims of chemical exposure

>

>Think you've been exposed to toxic chemicals on the job? Hand over your

>hair. A new DNA testing technique can help verify or refute claims of

>workplace poisoning by exposing a healthy person's DNA to the chemical in

>question to see how the genes are affected, then comparing to the

>employee's DNA. It seems like nary a day goes by without someone suing

>their employer over chemical exposure, and until now, strong evidence was

>often hard to come by. The new technique, while expensive, has already

>been used in more than 20 cases in California, leading to victories for

>both employees and employers.

>

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>source: The Times

 

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