RFID chip implants linked to cancer in animals

[mawilson 2,133]

You might not want to chip granny afterall. Studies on animals discovered high incidence

of tumours close to the sites of RFID chip implants.

The findings from studies dating from the 1990s up to last year suggesting implanted

chips "induced" malignant tumors in some lab mice and rats are by no means conclusive

(even in the case of animals), but raise serious question marks about the FDA's decision

to approve the implantation of RFID chips, a decision that gave the go-ahead to

controversial human chipping firm VeriChip in 2005.

The studies, which would likely have lain on the shelf gathering dust had they not been

unearthed by AP, have reignited the debate about the technology.

Cancer specialists who reviewed the research for AP backed a call for further research

before RFID transponders become widely used. Some said they would oppose plans by

any family members to receive implants.

Almost 2,000 glass-encased RFID transponders have been implanted in humans worldwide,

according to figures from VeriChip. The firm maintains that its technology is safe. VeriChip

said that other studies have concluded that microchip implants do not trigger malignant

tumors in animals. It also argues that millions of cats and dogs have "safely received" a

similar microchip to the type it uses over the past 15 years.

Nonetheless critics have been quick to seize on the research as a reason for would-be

punters to avoid implanted RFID chips like the plague. Dr. Katherine Albrecht, founder

and director of Caspian Consumer Privacy, an anti-chipping campaigner who has campaigned

against the technology for years said that "this kind of negative publicity spells the beginning

of the end for VeriChip and their plans to chip us all like barcoded packages of meat".

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[Jason-Sasha 1]

very interesting! I guess I wont be putting one of those chips in my Big Willie.....that's my dog's name.