Chips Approved For Humans Linked To Tumors - WTF

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I didn't even realize they had been approved for humans. (I am sure it was posted here and I just missed it.) And look at Tommy Thompsons involvement. Dang and my dog has one of these (had it when I found her).

Chip implants linked to animal tumors By TODD LEWAN, AP National Writer
Sat Sep 8, 2:04 PM ET

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.

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The FDA is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, which, at the time of VeriChip's approval, was headed by Tommy Thompson. Two weeks after the device's approval took effect on Jan. 10, 2005, Thompson left his Cabinet post, and within five months was a board member of VeriChip Corp. and Applied Digital Solutions. He was compensated in cash and stock options.

Thompson, until recently a candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, says he had no personal relationship with the company as the VeriChip was being evaluated, nor did he play any role in FDA's approval process of the RFID tag.

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[kestrel91316]

1. I'm not so worried about the dogs. The cats, on the other hand.....

cats like to develop fibrosarcoma at the site of foreign material implantation. We see injection site FSA (aka vaccine-associated FSA) and FSA in cats' front paws (presumably due to trauma and debris inoculation) on occasion. Now we will probably see a little more.

Sad.

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2. What About The People? nt

[kestrel91316]

3. I don't think humans are prone to fibrosarcomas at injection sites or

in areas of chronic inflammation the way cats are......

I can't for the life of me fathom why a human would want one of these things anyway.......if they contain info, it's obsolete as soon as the chip is implanted. They can't exactly be edited.....

[lligrd]

4. They Simply Store Your Number (666?) - Your Info Is Stored

on a computer just like they do for animals. It is touted as an aid for the medical profession to get easy and accurate information about your history.

From the article: "To date, about 2,000 of the so-called radio frequency identification, or RFID, devices have been implanted in humans worldwide, according to VeriChip Corp. The company, which sees a target market of 45 million Americans for its medical monitoring chips, insists the devices are safe, as does its parent company, Applied Digital Solutions, of Delray Beach, Fla."

[kestrel91316]

6. Right. Duh. I must have checked my brain at the door tonight......

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5. They may be forced on Merkans if we want that universal health care stuff. nt

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7. How Else Will They Know If We Got Our Mandatory Physical? nt

[StarryNite]

8. OMG!

That was so good but you are so bad! :toast: