Texas to destroy 4 million newborn blood samples

PEGGY FIKAC
The Houston Chronicle
December 28, 2009

[efoods]AUSTIN — The state will destroy an estimated 5.3 million blood samples legally collected from newborns but kept without parental consent under a federal lawsuit settlement announced Tuesday.

The number of newborns involved is unclear because multiple samples are received from each by the Texas Department of State Health Services, department spokeswoman Allison Lowery said.

Typically, two samples are taken from each child, but there could be more, she said. The disputed samples cover a period of about seven years starting in 2002. The state conducts newborn screening to detect disorders or illnesses.

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This article was posted: Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:17 am

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