Genetic Jeopardy | by Melinda Roth It wasn't that the federal government didn't know the possible effects of pouring $3 billion into a 15-year project to identify every gene in the human body, and it's not that the researchers involved didn't care -- it's just that five years ago, when the Human Genome Project (HGP) was launched by the U.S. Department of Energy, the consequences of genetic discrimination weren't as frightfully real as they are today |
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Mushrooming at Salt Point | by Simone Wilson Kashaya Pomo have always enjoyed foods from the wild, but we'd be wise to follow their caution |
Credibility Gulf | by Amy Waldman "The Department of Defense is engaged in probably one of the most serious cover-ups in the history of military affairs" |
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