Well, Chips have been implanted in animals all across the globe and these animals like rats and mice are the test dummies so to speak. I think that implanting the chips in the first place is wrong and the fact that animals are forming cancer should stop the process.
From 1996 to 2006, a handful of studies reported incidences of tumors in lab mice and rats that had been implanted with chips. Specifically, malignant tumors (sarcomas) developed near and around the chips, in some cases completely enveloping them. A 1998 study in the US found the incidence of cancer to be higher than 10 percent in a group of 177 tested mice. A 1997 German study revealed a cancer incidence of one percent in a group of over four thousand, with the researchers noting that the tumors "are clearly due to the implanted microchips.” And just last year a study in France saw 4.1 percent of 1,260 chipped mice develop cancer.
The significance of these findings is not just the potential danger to chipped pets, but the fact that the technology in question is essentially the same as that used in the VeriChip product for humans.
The article goes on to say that we as the public should not go as far as to assume that the cancer would affect humans or that humans will develop the cancer. But HELLO!!!! If the detection of the tumor went unseen after long periods and the FDA approved the chip that is being tested on these animals, what makes them think that this is safe?
Note, however, that the findings are preliminary and do not definitively condemn the technology as a cause of cancer in animals or in humans. One study said as much, cautioning, "Blind leaps from the detection of tumors to the prediction of human health risk should be avoided.” Ohio State University veterinarian oncologist Dr. Cheryl London commented, "It's much easier to cause cancer in mice than it is in people. So it may be that what you're seeing in mice represents an exaggerated phenomenon of what may occur in people."
One curious wrinkle to the story is how the studies have gone relatively unnoticed, even by VeriChip itself. In response to the AP story, the company stated that it was "not aware of any studies that have resulted in malignant tumors in laboratory rats, mice and certainly not dogs or cats.” It seems strange that a company would be unaware of published scientific research, especially damning research that directly addressed its technology.
As for the US Food and Drug Administration, which in 2004 officially approved VeriChip for humans, it would not comment on the information reviewed during the approval due diligence.
Is anyone else upset by this? I am out!
http://www.progressiveu.org/090204-dont-miss-this-chance
You don't even get it do you? The bigger picture? research verichip. You will find their sinister purpose/reason for making chips in the first place. You will also find that they have discovered that the only place the chip can successfully be placed without tumor production is on the right hand and the forhead. Coincidence? Not likely. Do you get what I am saying?
DISCLAIMER: I am not being rude. I'm stating my opinion. No personal attacks are meant. Please give some leniency on how you take my words. imagine me saying them with a smile. ^__^