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1. Should oil companies be held more accountable regarding oil spills?

2. Are genetically modified foods safe?

3. Is it ethical to clone humans?

4. Is it ethical to clone animals?

5. Should law enforcement be allowed to use DNA profiling in criminal investigations?

6. Do humans have the right to put their own wants/needs before the needs of animals and their habitats?

7. Do humans have the right to do medical research on animals?

8. Do vaccines cause autism? Should vaccines be required?

9. Should there be a limit on the number of children a person can have?

12. Can alternative energy effectively replace fossil fuels?

13. Is human activity a major cause of climate change?

14. Is human activity contributing to global warming?

15. Is human behavior a result of nature or nurture?

16. Should marijuana be used for medical purposes?

17. Should genetic engineering be allowed in an effort to eliminate diseases and birth defects?

18. Should prenatal testing be required to determine Down syndrome, birth defects, etc.?

19. Is it ethical to use cells from a deceased person for research without permission?

19...cont'd: Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951, but her name has become associated with an immortal line of cells known as HeLa cells (the name derives from the first two letters of the patient's first and last names). Unbeknownst to Lacks, a doctor at Johns Hopkins University took a sample of her tumor, later offering it to researchers who saw the cells continue to multiply in culture -- up to this day. It was the first instance of a successfully established "immortal" cell line, although scientists remain baffled why the HeLa cells survived whereas others didn't [source: Skloot].

Since then, HeLa cells have been used in a number of groundbreaking medical experiments, such as the development of the polio vaccine and cloning studies. But the remarkable story of the HeLa cell line has been marred by some of the conditions surrounding it. Henrietta Lacks never gave permission for her cells to be given to researchers, nor were she or her family notified that they had.

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10. Should more be done to stop species from extinction?

11. Are cell phones safe?

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