Microchips Linked to Cancer in Animals

[LynneSin]

I was thinking of getting my pets microchipped but this makes me nervous

Microchips Linked to Cancer in Animals
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=3580510

Microchips implanted in humans, a highly touted health care innovation, may actually be a health hazard, according to a new report.

The microchips, first implanted in pets, are encoded with information about the animal and are meant to get them home safely if lost.

The microchips have been implanted in hundreds of people like Ida Frankel, who has Alzheimer's disease. If she gets lost and ends up in a hospital, doctors can scan her arm and get all of her medical records.

But when the government approved these chips for use in humans three years ago, it didn't mention that there were studies showing that similar chips caused malignant tumors in lab rats and mice.

Cancer doctors who spoke to The Associated Press, which broke this story, say you can't make the leap between cancer in mice and cancer in humans.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. If you can't make the leap between cancer in mice and cancer

in humans, why does so much cancer research involve mice and rats? Something doesn't sound right with that statement.

Edited for spelling.

[MrCoffee]

2. funny how certain things just leap out at you

i thought the exact same thing, AG.

[TheMightyFavog]

3. Everything causes cancer these days.

End of Line.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

4. That guy with the cowbell

has a microchip and I hope he stops all that banging! I get a headache every time I read ypur posts... Who is that guy? Is he as ugly as I think he is?