Who would have thought it? Injecting RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chips underneath the skin of various animals has shown to cause cancer. NO WAY go out of here. Why would a transmitting device do that? Report out of Arstechnica.
Apparently, these are the same devices that are going to be approved for human use. Great yet another way to cause cancer, where do I sign up?
The most interesting part of the entire article is Tommy Thompson, who was head of the Health and Human Services, related to the FDA, is now working for one of these RFID implant companies. That’s really strange, what a coincidence!
I don’t see how this can be allowed, this is yet another example of how our government is failing us. There’s no doubt in my mind that this is a pay off for allowing these devices to go to market. Our government needs to step up to these companies and make sure that we are safe, our pets are safe, and there is no conflict of interest when permitting such devices.
Should we be conserved about this? Yes and no. All sorts of things cause cancer that approved for humans mmm tobacco. gross. Also metallic ear tagging used in livestock, prosthetic limbs have also been linked to cancer. These examples show that we should be more concerned.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Colin Temple // Sep 12, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Argh. Everything causes cancer. Light causes cancer. The world sucks.
2 brent // Sep 12, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Today is a sad day. indeed.
3 Zak Nicola // Sep 15, 2007 at 12:46 pm
It is interesting to see how this story gets spun by the media. The makers of the RFID chip are publicly traded. CHIP is the stock name. The latest news has caused quite a drop in their stock, and they are desperate to quite the news, and point out that the RFID chip only brings in 1% of their profit.
4 Becky // Sep 18, 2007 at 7:53 am
I can think of other reasons besides cancer for not being chipped.
5 Bobby Revell // Sep 22, 2007 at 2:43 am
It’s definetly a glimpse into the future. I know the US government is working on issuing every citizen a US ID card for us all. After that, they’ll probably want to inject an ID into our blood streams or beneath our skin.
Yeah, I am against this type of personal invasion but it is coming.
6 Anna // Sep 26, 2007 at 11:49 am
I can see the concerns anyone would have both from a health concern point of view and invasion of privacy point of view. Not something I’d want embedded under my skin! Though, I believe we’d be a long way off from having it forced on anyone.
Take care;
Anna
7 blessed1 // Sep 29, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Why on earth would anyone want that type of invasion? It’s a matter of big brother all over the place with no place to hide…and now cancer? That’s absurd! Thank you for posting this!
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