John Merriman is a tool

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

from: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/10/rfid_chip_cancer_link/

RFID chip implants linked to cancer in animals
Not fit for dogs?

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



-JP<couldnt resist>
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