[ExI] FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe to Halt DNA Test Service

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Now, it could well be that the information about what genetic markers
> trigger what is all accurate.  If so, it should be a simple matter to prove
> this to the FDA.  That 23andMe has not done this suggests that either the
> information is not in fact trustworthy, or that the real issue is something
> else (but if that is the case, 23andMe should have said so by now).

### The real issue is that the FDA imposes enormous arbitrary costs
(measured in hundreds of billions of dollars) on me and other
consumers by demanding those, as you say, "simple" proofs of accuracy.
It is hugely destructive, no matter what kind of sanctimonious
justifications the FDA comes up with.

And, aside from that but no less importantly, it is none of your, or
the FDA's business how I use my resources, whether I spend them in
Vegas or on inaccurate genetic testing.

Rafal