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Artificial manufacture of human hormones
Name(s):
Synthesis of human molecules by foreign organisms for pharmaceutical purposes
Claim
The biggest fear about genetic engineering of medicaments is that it would be used for social purposes and not medical purposes.
Broader
Irresponsible genetic manipulation
Unethical pharmaceutical practices
Reduces
Male mid-life crisis
Related
Untested use of hormones
Non-responsiveness of transnational corporations to pharmaceutical needs
Aggravates
Hormone pollution
Abuse of performance enhancing drugs
Overuse of hormone replacement therapy
Environmental hazards of pharmaceutical products
Aggravated by
Illness requiring hormone replacement therapy
Ineffective self-regulation in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries
Value(s)
Rights
Synthesis
Artificiality
Cross-purposes
Foreign
Inhumanity
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems