Genetically-edited Babies
Bhopal gas tragedy: Effects seen in next generation, says forensic expert
The effects of poisonous gases that leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal 40 years ago were seen in the next generations of those who survived the tragedy, a former government forensic doctor has said. At least 3,787 people were killed, and more than five lakh were affected after a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide factory in the city on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984. Speaking at an event held by organisations of gas tragedy survivors on Saturday, Dr D K Satpathy, former head of the forensics department of Bhopal's Gandhi Medical College, said he performed 875 post-mortems on the first day of the disaster and witnessed 18,000 autopsies of survivors the next five years. Sathpathy claimed Union Carbide had denied questions about the effects of poisonous gases on unborn children of women survivors and said effects would not cross the placental barrier in the womb in any condition. He said blood samples of pregnant women who died in the ..
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Why are scientists chiding the Chinese creator of genetically edited babies
Heritable human genome editing poses a significant existential threat because changes may persist throughout the human population for generations, with unknown risks
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Playing god?
The world may not be ready for genetically modified humans
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