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: Bodily Injury BlogTexas Must Destroy Newborn Blood Samples
By Edward Bills
A lawsuit settlement in Texas Tuesday is forcing the state to destroy more than 5 million blood samples taken from newborns since 2002. According to the lawsuit, the blood samples, while legally taken, were kept without parental consent and violated privacy laws. The Houston Chronicle reports that the state will seek consent for about 400 of the samples because they tested positive for rare blood diseases.
Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on December 24, 2009 (boomark / email).
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