[privacy] Chip Implants Linked to Animal Tumors

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Boston Globe (AP).

[snip]

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips
in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan
the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly.
The FDA found "reasonable assurance" the device was safe, and a sub-agency
even called it one of 2005's top "innovative technologies."

But neither the company nor the regulators publicly mentioned this: A
series of veterinary and toxicology studies, dating to the mid-1990s,
stated that chip implants had "induced" malignant tumors in some lab mice
and rats.

"The transponders were the cause of the tumors," said Keith Johnson, a
retired toxicologic pathologist, explaining in a phone interview the
findings of a 1996 study he led at the Dow Chemical Co. in Midland, Mich.

Leading cancer specialists reviewed the research for The Associated Press
and, while cautioning that animal test results do not necessarily apply to
humans, said the findings troubled them. Some said they would not allow
family members to receive implants, and all urged further research before
the glass-encased transponders are widely implanted in people.

[snip]

More:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/09/08/chip_implants_linked_
to_animal_tumors/

- - ferg

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