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by ImJamal 1034 days ago
While other states may also collect DNA, it is amongst the worst since they do not later destroy it.

>Some states destroy the blood spots after a year, 12 states store them for at least 21 years.

>California, however, is one of a handful of states that stores the remaining blood spots for research indefinitely in a state-run biobank.