Scientists Decry Isotope, DNA Testing of 'Nationality'

摘要

Scientists are greeting with dismay a project to use DNA and isotope analysis of tissue from asylum-seekers to evaluate their nationality and help decide who can enter the United Kingdom. "Horrifying," "naive," and "flawed" are among the adjectives geneticists and isotope specialists Science contacted used to describe the "Human Provenance pilot project," launched quietly in mid-September by the U.K. Border Agency. Their consensus: The project is not scientifically valid-or even sensible.