Epigenetics
The Influence on Gene Expression
Issues
Ethical
In our society, there are many people who live in terrible living conditions. There is an issue that the environments is one of the many factors that causes Epigenetics. In the environment, people are exposed to many harmful such as air pollution, toxic chemicals, or pesticide. These substances are exposed to people who live in poverty everyday; nonetheless, these exposures are one of the factors that cause epigenetic. Therefore, it increases the risk of people getting major health problems, who already are having health problems because of their living conditions. Additionally, there is a huge number of people who can not afford to check on themselves, to see whether they have any diseases or illness. This raises a huge concern for those who are poor and can not even afford to buy medicine. E2, EI1
Social
Epigenetic testing raises concerns regarding their privacy of their information. Whenever someone gets tested it is gets recorded and now people are worried that people may be able to obtain this information electronically because now the world has used technology for everything. The law in the United States for information protection due not include the protection of epigenetic information or results. Which creates a huge issue for privacy of information. E2,EI2
Legal
In the United States the government has not allowed epigenetic testing due to not wanting discrimination among the people. However, people would like to be tested to find out if their body has developed any diseases or any illnesses. Therefore, they would resort to other ways to find out by being tested at any unauthorized place. These clinics may give patients, un-accurate or even fake results. It is a growing concern because the government does not permit epigenetic testing yet, which will cause people to feel angry, that it is unfair, that it violates privacy concerns and discourages individuals from getting further testing. E1,EI3
