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Approval. so just how accurate are the testing kits and should they be banned? lets talk to dr. natalie azar who joins us live here. good morning to you n good morning. >> as i understand it, these kids dont make diagnoses, they only tell you about your own biology. >> right. what the kit purports to do is to give you information on over 240 different health conditions or traits, such as when you drink alcohol, will you flush? are you sensitive to gluten? could be very useful information. talkin...

Be unhealthy. not just unhealthy, but so unhealthy they had to be immediately closed. the pools found to be the most unhealthy were at child care facilities. you can get testing kits to determine if the pool your kid is going to swim in is clean. theyre free from the health agency. order them at healthypool.org. the problem is certainly the kiddie pools. they found a lot of fecal matter. urine is a problem. people joke dont pee in the pool. but kids all kinds of viruses and bacteria they pass on...

This month you can -- thats when a drugstore chain, walgreens, sells testing kits over the counter but the doctor is not sure you should. youre not a fan. >> im not a fan of this. im concerned about people going out and being able to buy a genetic test, by by the way the kit is 20 to $30 but you pay an additional 79 to $250 for the test results to find out if youre at risk for a bunch of diseases, obesity, diabetes. >> obesity, stepping on a scale could be a cue. >> right. >> neil: what is so ba...