The Human Genome Project (HGP) is a program created to map the entire genetic structure and sequence of human DNA.  It is funded by the United States Government and run by the Department Of Energy (DOE). It will find any defects that make up a human being and, eventually, lead to ways of eliminating these defects. It will also create an inventory of those who have the potential of becoming ill.  This will, supposedly, lead to cures of genetic diseases.

This will also pave the way for creating a genetically perfect human being; In whatever size, shape, or color you please. In short, it is a Eugenics program.

I was a little taken aback when I found out (By accident) that the DOE was responsible for the HGP. After all, the DOE are the folks responsible for every nuclear power plant, bomb, test and experiment conducted in the United states and most of the free world. Why would the DOE be interested in a biological study? Maybe all those nuclear tests have affected us, and they want to find out.

Anyway, I wrote the DOE  asking why a biological program fell under their jurisdiction. I asked them if they were trying to find out if all the atmospheric nuclear testing they conducted had permanently damaged the human race.  I was surprised by the answer. Apparently, that is exactly what they are trying to find out. 

     Dear Mr. Bishop:
 
          Thank you for your inquiry of May 11, 1998, about why the DOE is part
          of the Human Genome Project.
 
          The Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies (the
          Atomic Energy Commission and the Energy Research and Development
          Administration) have had a long-standing mission to understand and
          characterize potential health risks posed by energy use and
          production, especially those caused by radiation.  As a critical part
          of its effort to understand health risks, the DOE has supported a
          substantial continuing program of studies of the basic biology of DNA,
          in areas such as DNA replication, damage and repair mechanisms,
          genetic mutations; supporting this research at national laboratories
          and universities.
 
          Technologies available prior to the mid-1980's could not detect rare
          genetic changes that were a major source of concern from exposures to
          chemicals and radiation.  In response to this scientific need, it was
          suggested that all three billion bases of DNA from an "average" human
          should be sequenced; this would provide a reference DNA sequence to
          allow direct studies of changes in DNA.  This information would
          contribute to far more than an understanding of subtle genetic
          changes, since it had the potential to stimulate the development of
          technologies to identify disease genes.
 
          With historical experience in DNA biological research and the
          recognition that sequencing DNA required an array of new technologies
          and computer based analysis, the DOE was positioned in the mid-1980's
          to take on the challenge of determining the sequence of DNA by using
          its capability to conduct large multidisciplinary projects involving
          biologists, chemists, engineers, mathematicians, and computer
          scientists at its national laboratories.  For example, a DNA sequence
          repository had been developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
          with DOE computer and data management expertise.  Chromosome sorting
          capabilities, a technology essential to a genome initiative, existed
          at LANL and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).  The
          National Laboratory Gene Library Project, a collection of cloned DNAs
          from single human chromosomes had been initiated by LLNL and LANL.
 
          In 1986, DOE, became the first federal agency to announce and fund a
          genome program.  In 1988, NIH started its genome program and DOE and
          NIH signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to coordinate Human
          Genome activities.  In 1990, they published a joint five-year plan to
          guide and coordinate their agency's programs.  The plan was updated in
          1993 due to rapid progress toward the project's original goals.
 
          The U.S. Human Genome Program is a joint DOE/NIH effort.  Program
          coordination takes advantage of the unique capabilities and resources
          offered by both agency's genome programs.  If you would like any other
          information, please contact Dr. Arthur Katz.  He can be reached by
          phone at (301) 903-4932 or by e-mail at arthur.katz@oer.doe.gov.

There. The DOE is afraid that nuclear testing has irreparably harmed the human race. They even used the word mutant!  Knowing the truthfulness of our Government and its agencies, I’m sure that if the DOE finds that if they have forever damaged the human race, they will tell us right away.

Oh, I forgot to tell you.  The folks at the NIH are the ones who told the military it was OK to use untested anthrax vaccine and nerve gas pills on our troops.