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屬於自然的 DNA

哈囉 親愛的!是我啊--那個年邁、身上又堆滿垃圾的,自然母親哪

 

Mother Nature's DNA

Hello dearies! It's me -- that old heap of trash, Mother Nature!

 

作者 傑夫奧森 

  科學正大步地向遺傳基因的研究邁進。你可能會喜歡這個小道消息:感謝1994年所制定的犯罪控制法案(Crime Control Act),所有美國人的DNA將在這幾年內按照計劃輸入國家級檔案中。這些資料可以被聯邦,州和地方政府的調查員調閱,而且幾乎沒有任何既定的法律規範他們如何使用。

  你的DNA密碼不是你自己的。懷疑嗎?問問冰島的人民,他們的政府在12月將所有國民的醫療、遺傳及族譜資料全數賣給deCODE Genetics,這家公司接著又將使用權賣給瑞士的 Hoffman-LaRoche製藥廠。政府及商人們不僅沒有經過任何人的同意,而且還不允許個人將自己的資料從檔案中刪去。

  至於在加拿大,現在你可以做出基因剖面來顯示胚胎上的殘障或疾病性基因。但是這項服務可不是由醫療單位免費提供的。只有能出大筆錢的人才可能獲得這項服務。我不希望這太駭人聽聞,但是從階級鬥爭演化到遺傳鬥爭只是時間的問題了。

  如果你出身不凡還有設計師的基因序列,你將會被列入那些上流社會人們的快速撥號電話名單中。否則,你就會看見你的染色體在基因池內和一大群相同染色體一起游著水上芭蕾。 

  忘掉那些老掉牙的陰謀代名詞;JFK, CIA, FBI, UFO•••它們已經是過時的產物。現在,DNA才是最炫的。

全文及圖詳見:http://ens-news.com/ens/features/cartoons/2000L-01-01go.html

版權歸屬Environmetnal News Service,環境信託基金會 (鄭堯文 譯,楊同正 蔡麗伶 審校)

中英對照譯稿請見:http://news.ngo.org.tw/issue/surround/2001/issue-surround01020801.htm

 

By Geoff Olson

Science is marching on with genetic research. You'll love this little factoid -- thanks to the 1994 Crime Control Act, Americans' DNA is scheduled to go on file nationally within the next few years. This data is available to federal, state, and local investigators, and there are precious few legal guidelines as to how it can be used.

Your code isn't your own. Ask the people of Iceland, whose government in December sold the rights to the entire country's health, genetic, and enealogical info to deCODE Genetics, who in turn has licensed it to Swiss pharmaceutical mega-company Hoffman-LaRoche. No consent forms, and no personal right to have info removed from the database.

As for Canada, you can now genetically profile an embryo for all kinds of disabilities and ailments -- but it's not provided gratis by the health care system. Only the well-off can afford it. I don't want to sound overly dramatic, dearies, but it may only be a matter of time before the class war becomes a genetic battle.

If you've got a noble profile and designer genes, you'll be on the speed-dial of the society page party people. Otherwise, your chromosomes get to do their synchronized swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool.
Forget all those other conspiracy theory acronyms, dearies; JFK, CIA, FBI, UFO - they're old school. The biggie is DNA.

Check out Geoff Olson's Website

http://ens-news.com/ens/features/cartoons/2000L-01-01go.html

 

 
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