Personal DNA testing

23andMe: I'd heard about this company a while ago, but now it's available to Canadians. Basically you:

  1. spit,
  2. send the saliva to California,
  3. pay $999 for them to sequence parts of your genome,
  4. get a report telling you:
    1. all the terrible diseases you're likely to contract,
    2. whether the computer thinks that its likely that you're an idiot, and
    3. whether or not you're likely to win the Boston marathon anytime soon, and
  5. debate the privacy implications of a company having your genetic profile on file

Step E is the one that I'm wondering about. The CBC has more details on this company.