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  • Gov. Newsom signs law to shed light on state storage of newborn DNA, prompted by 10-year CBS News California investigation

    09/26/2024 2:48:41 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 14 replies
    cbs ^ | 09/26/2024 | Julie Watts
    Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday prompted by a decade-long CBS News California investigation into California's newborn genetic biobank. We still won't know who is using your DNA for research, or what the research is for, but the California Department of Public Health must now reveal the number of newborn DNA samples that California is storing and the number of DNA samples that the state sells to researchers each year. In response to our decade-long investigation, lawmakers introduced several bills this year that were intended to shed light on how the state is amassing and using California's newborn DNA...