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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
1.
“Test-tube Baby Pioneer Backs Human Cloning,”
The Telegraph,
6 September 2002. “Scientists: Cloned Sheep Dolly has ‘Old’ DNA,”
Cable News Network,
27 May 1999. “World: Asia-Pacific Giant Pandas Follow Dolly,”
British Broadcasting Corporation,
20 July 1998. “Scientists Await Birth of First Cloned Endangered Species,”
Cable News Network,
5
January 2001. “Researchers Clone Pigs,”
Cable News Network,
16 August 2000. “Carbon Copy Cat Cloned,”
Nature,
14 February 2002. Texas A&M, “Texas A&M Clones First Cat,” press release of 14 February 2002. “OWU Professor Clones Mastodon Genes From Intestinal DNA,”
Ohio Wesleyan University On-Line.
2.
“Clones in the Real World,” AP Wire Service, 4 March 200 1. “Clonaid: Baby ‘Clone’ Returns Home,”
Cable News Network
,
1 January 2003. World Future Society, “Futurist Update,” January 2000, at
www.wfs.org
. “Doctor Refuses to Identify Mother, Give Evidence of Provocative Claim,”
SiliconValley.ctml
,
27
November 2002. “Revealed: Couple Try to Have First Human Clone Baby,”
Sunday Herald,
21 July 2002.
3.
Dorothy Wertz, “DNA Forensics: Professional and Patient Attitudes Internationally,” at
hgm2002.hgu.mrc.ac.uk
. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Mission Statement and Backgtound,” at
www.fbi.gov
. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “FBI Laboratory: Forensic Systems,” at
www.fbi.gov
. Attorney General Transcript, “News Conference-DNA Initiatives,” 4 March 2002 as cited by Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy International, “Privacy and Human Rights 2002,” circa 2002, p. 30.
4.
“DNA Database ‘Should Include Every Citizen,’”
NewScientist.ctml
,
12 September 2002. 2nd International DNA users’ Conference for Investigative Officers, “Minutes: Forensic DNA Analysis in China,” at
www.Interpol.int
. “The National DNA Data Bank of Canada,” brochure circa 2002. 1st International DNA users’ Conference for Investigative Officers, “Austrian National DNA Database,” circa November 1999 at
www.Interpol.int
. 1st International DNA users’ Conference for Investigative Officers, “The DNA Database in The Netherlands,” circa November 1999 at
www.Interpol.int
. “Bundestag Establishes Legal Footing for Genetic Database,”
DE News
,
24
June 1998. “Privacy and Human Rights 2002,” p. 109. “In Louisiana, Debate Over a DNA Dragnet,”
The Christian Science Monitor,
21
February 2003.
5.
“Fingerprint Fear,”
NewScientist.com,
2 May 2001. R. Chen, P.S. Rabinovitch, D.A. Crispin, M. J. Edmond, K.M. Koprowicz, M.P. Bronner and T.A. Brenmall, “DNA Fingerprinting Abnormalities can Distinguish Ulcerative Colitis Patients with Dysplasia and Cancer from Those Who Are Dysplasia/Cancer-Free,”
American Journol of Pathology,
 162 (2) (February 2003), pp. 665-672.
6.
See 1st International DNA Users’ Conference for Investigative Officers, “Minutes,” circa 1999 at
www.Interpol.int
. See 2nd International DNA Users’ Conference for Investigative Officers, “Minutes,” circa 2001 at
www.Interpol.int
.
7.
Armed Forces Department of Pathology, “The Department of Defense DNA Registry,” at
www.afip.org
. Douglas J. Gillen, “Who Are You? DNA Registry Knows,” at
www.defenselink.mil
.
8.
Connecticut Department of Social Services, “DSS’s Biometric ID Project,” at
www.dss.state.ct.us
. Also see Gregory H. Smith, “Securing our Personal Genome,” (master’s thesis, Indiana University, 2003).
9.
See National Cancer Institute, “Understanding Gene Testing,” at
press2.nci.nih.gov
.
10.
Generally see Francis Galton, 
Finger Prints
(New York: Da Capo Press, 1965).
11.
MIB Group. Inc., “About Us,” at
www.mib.com
. Author’s interviews with MIB Group, Inc. officials, 28 February 2003. Author’s investigation o,fMIB Group. Inc., February-March 2003.
12.
Author’s investigation of MIB Group. Inc., 28 February 2003. Also see author’s interviews with MIB Group, Inc. officials, 28 February 2003.
13.
See American Academy of Actuaries, “Genetic Information and Medical Expense Insurance,” monograph June 2000. pp. 2, 3.
14.
American Academy of Actuaries, p. 2.
15.
American Academy of Actuaries, pp. 2-3, 27-30.
16.
American Academy of Actuaries, “Issue Brief: The Use of Genetic Information in Disability Income and Long-Term Care Insurance,” briefing paper of 2002. p. 7.
17.
“Health Insurance Companies Accused of Genetic Bias,”
British Broadcasting Corporation.
 11 December 1998. Ann Deering, “Risk Reporter: Genetic Discrimination,”
Risk Management Magazine.
18.
“Genetic Data ‘Insurance Fear,’”
British Broadcasting Corporation
,
 27 November 2000. “The Price of Having the Wrong Genes,”
British Broadcasting Corporation
,
 22 January 2001. “Britain Moves to Ban Insurance Genetic Tests,”
Washington Post
,
30 April 2001.
19.
Association of British Insurers, “Genetic Testing: Background,” at
www.abi.org.uk
. “Insurance Firm Admits Using Genetic Screening,”
The London Times.
8 February 2001. “The Price of Having the Wrong Genes.” “Insurance Companies Announce Genetic Testing Halt,”
The Scientist
,
 30 October 2001. Author’s interview with Norwich Union, 28 February 2003 and 5 March 2003.
20.
“Moratorium on Genetic Data Use,”
British Broadcasting Corporation
,
 23 October 2001. Author’s interview with Norwich Union, 28 February 2003 and 5 March 2003.
21.
Trudo Lemmens. “Selective Justice, Genetic Discrimination, and Insurance: Should We Single Out Genes in Our Laws?”
McGill Law Journal 45
347 (2000), pp. 353-354. Author’s interview with Industrial Alliance, 3 March 2003.
22.
Author’s interview with Industrial Alliance, 3 March 2003.
23.
“UK Forum for Genetics and Insurance,” at
www.ukfgi.org.uk
. International Actuarial Association, “3. Astin News / Nouvelles D’Astin,”
IAA Bulletin AAI No.
36 (2002). MIB Group. Inc., “Special Section: Genetics,” at
www.knowledgedigest.com
.
24.
Office of Technology Assessment, “The Role of Genetic Testing in the Prevention of Occupational Disease,” (April 1983), p. 35. American Management Association as cited by The National Workrights Institute, “Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace Fact Sheet,” at
www.workrights.org
.
25.
 “A Bloody Mess At One Federal Lab,”
U.S. News and World Report
, 23 June 1997. Author's interview with Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 3 March 2003.
26.
“Court Declares Right to Genetic Privacy,”
U.S. News & World Report
,
16 February 1998. “Privacy and Human Rights 2002,” p. 83. Author’s interview with Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 3 March 2003.
27.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, “BNSF and EEOC Settle Genetic Testing Case Under Americans with Disabilities Act,” press release of 8 May 2002. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, “BNSF Ends DNA Testing For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,” press release of 12 February 2001. Author’s interview with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. 27 February 2003.
28.
Author’s interview with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, 27 February 2003. Author’s interview with Athena Diagnostics. 28 February 2003.
29.
“China is Thwarted by Jobs Ruling.”
The Guardian
,
 1 October 2000.
30.
“DNA Database ‘Should Include Every Citizen,’” “Privacy and Human Rights 2002.” p. 30. “DNA Tests for All Will Cut Crime, Says Pioneer,” The Telegraph 19 February 2001, at
www.telegraph.co.uk
.
31.
“Agreement Between the Minister of Health and Social Security and Islensk refdagreining ehf. in Connection With the Issuing of a License to Create and Operate a Health Sector Database (HSD),” at
www.mannvernd.is
. “Profiling an Entire Nation,”
Associated Press
,
18
February 1999. Mannvernd, “Opts Out From Icelandic Health Sector Database,” at
www.mannvernd.is
. Mannvernd, “Status of Lawsuits Against the Health Sector Database Act and Related Matters,” at
www.mannvernd.is
. International Business Machines and deCODE Genetics, “deCODE and IBM Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver Technology Solution for Applying Genetics to Drug Discovery,” press release of 23 January 2003.
32.
Jean Pierre Sørensen, “IBM Life Sciences-Nordic: Pulling Together The Pieces,” Powerpoint Presentation circa 2003.
33.
Mark D. Uehling, “Decoding Estonia,”
BioIT World
,
10 February 2003 as cited by
www.genomics.eelindex.php?lang:eng&nid:140
.
34.
“Banking on Genes,”
The Scientist,
4 December 2000. Autogen Limited, “ASX Announcement,” press release of 17 November 2000.
35.
Author’s communication with Autogen Limited, 3 March 2003. Autogen Limited, “ASX Announcement,” press release of 2 March 1999.
36.
The Wellcome Trust, “UK Biobank: A Study of Genes, Environment and Health,” at
www.wellcome.ac.uk
. “Phones Download DNA,”
Nature,
26 February 2003. “Report of the Bioethics Advisory Committee the Israel Academy of
Sciences and Humanities
,” at
stwww.weizmann.ac.il
.
37.
Author’s communication with Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), March 2003.
38.
Bionet, “Who Owns Your Genes?” at
www.bionetonline.org
. School of Health and Related Research, “Genetic Testing in the Workplace,” at
www.shef.ac.uk
.
39.
Author’s communication with Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), March 2003.
40.
“Perfect Features: Science May Pave Way For Designer Babies,”
ABCNews.com,
26 December 2002. “A Way to Choose a Baby’s Gender,”
Los Angeles Times,
3 March 2003.
41.
“Couple ‘Choose’ To Have Deaf Baby,”
British Broadcasting Corporation,
8 April 2002. “Babies, Deaf by Design,”
The Australian,
16 April 2002.
42.
“Stupidity Should Be Cured, Says DNA Discoverer,”
New Scientist.com,
28 February 2003.
43.
“Stupidity Should Be Cured, Says DNA
Discoverer.“
44.
Lee M. Silver,
Remaking Eden
(New York: Avon Books, 1997), pp. 4-8.
45.
“Details of Hybrid Clone Revealed,”
British Broadcasting Corporation,
18 June 1999. “Frankenfish Wiping Out Wild Salmon,”
Associated Newspapers Ltd.,
19 September 1999. “Genetically Modified Monkey Could Be Key to Curing Some Diseases,”
Cable News Network,
18 January 2001. “Scientists Want A Life,” AP Wire Services, 21 November 2002. “Scientists Planning to Make New Form of Life,”
Washington Post

21 November 2002. Author’s communication with The Center for the Advancement of Genomics, March 2003.
Major Sources
ARCHIVAL REPOSITORIES

Original papers and documents were accessed at several dozen archival repositories, record collections and unprocessed files in storage. The challenging range of repositories spanned the gamut from governmental and organizational archives to corporate and private files. Many key records are held by the special collections and manuscript departments of libraries, such as the Laughlin Papers in the Special Collections of Pickler Memorial Library at Truman University. I estimate there are some five hundred key and niche repositories of eugenic information in the United States and just as many overseas. Most of them are listed below, but space precludes a complete roster.

UNITED STATES
American Breeders Association Files (ABA)
Maryland
American Civil Liberties Union Files
Richmond
American Genetics Association Files
Maryland
American Heritage Center
Laramie, WY
American Philosophical Society (APS)
Philadelphia
      Charles B. Davenport Papers
      American Eugenics Society Records
      Leon F. Whitney Collection
      Eugenics Record Office Records
California Institute of Technology Archives
Pasadena, CA
      Ezra Gosney / Human Betterment Foundation Papers
California State Archive
Sacramento
Carnegie Institute of Washington (CIW)
Washington,
DC
Central Virginia Training Center Files
Lynchburg, VA
Chicago Tribune Newspaper Morgue
Chicago
Cold Spring Harbor Archive (CSH)
Cold Spring Harbor
Cook County Circuit Court Archives
Chicago
Hoover Institute Archives
Stanford, CA
Indiana Historical Society
Indianapolis
Indiana State Archives
Indianapolis
Indiana State Library
Indianapolis
Margaret Sanger Papers Project at NYU
New York
Monacan National Tribal Archives Files
Madison Heights, VA
National Archives (NA)
College Park,
MD
      RG 29 Bureau of the Census
      RG 40 Commerce
      RG 43 Conference Commissions and Expositions
      RG 59 State Department
      RG 60 Department of Justice
      RG 242 Captured German Records
      RG 238 War Crimes Records
      RG 330 Department of Defense
Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State University (Truman)
Kirksville,
MO
      Harry H. Laughlin Papers.
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