Now this is scary too...it doesn't appear humans will be jumping through hoops to be "tagged" any time soon with stories like this one reported by Engadget. BD
As if pain, conspiracy, big brother, and lack of necessity weren't already enough to deter you, the average Joe or Jane, from getting a subcutaneous RFID chip implant, a number of studies over the past decade have amassed which link the chips to malignant tumors in animal tests. Besides the potential foul play going on at the FDA and VeriChip Corp. that got the chips approved for human use in 2004, studies showing as little as 1% cancer rates in lab animals led researchers to note that the aggressive tumors which immediately encased RFID implants with cancerous cells were "clearly due to the implanted microchips", and not random occurrences.
My response: http://blog.amal.net/?p=48
ReplyDeleteThe short story here is, I believe it's the anti-migration coating on "implantable" RFID tags that is causing the issue. Good thing both mine are not meant to be used as implants, and do not have this coating.
Thank you for adding some clarification.
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