Indeed, when asked about their primary concerns regarding mail-order DNA testing, many of the 2,000 American adults surveyed for the report cited worries about the parties that would have access to their test results.
Here are the top five concerns listed by the respondents, about 20 percent of whom had used a DNA test kit:
1. Discovering they carry a genetic disease
2. Insurance companies accessing their results
3. Uncovering family secrets
4. DNA being used by law enforcement
5. DNA being used to make a clone
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