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Food labels, genetic information, and the right not to know.
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- Author(s): Loi M
- Source:
Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal [Kennedy Inst Ethics J] 2014 Dec; Vol. 24 (4), pp. 323-44.
- Publication Type:
Journal Article
- Language:
English
- Additional Information
- Source:
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9109135 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1054-6863 (Print) Linking ISSN: 10546863 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Kennedy Inst Ethics J Subsets: MEDLINE
- Publication Information:
Original Publication: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1991-
- Subject Terms:
- Abstract:
Many people believe that individuals have a right not to know their genetic disease risk. Here it is argued that, if this is correct, individuals also have a right not to know their diet-related disease risk. Reasons to remain ignorant are analogous in the case of risk related to diet and genetic susceptibilities. It follows that any policy to promote healthy diets (e.g. through "judgmental" food labels, such as traffic light labels, or, hypothetically, scary pictures similar to those found in cigarette packets) ought to protect the individual right not to know.
- Publication Date:
Date Created: 20150203 Date Completed: 20150226 Latest Revision: 20191113
- Publication Date:
20231215
- Accession Number:
10.1353/ken.2014.0033
- Accession Number:
25638946
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