New threat to privacy? Scientists sound alarm about DNA tool

By Agence France-Presse

May 17, 2023 12:38 am

PARIS: The traces of genetic material that humans constantly shed wherever they go could soon be used to track individual people, or even whole ethnic groups, scientists said on Monday, warning of a looming 'ethical quagmire.'

A recently developed technique can glean a huge amount of information from tiny samples of genetic material called environmental DNA, or eDNA, that humans and animals leave behind everywhere — including in the air.

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