Arphid Watch: Arphid Cancer II

(((I told you this particular sally of Katherine's was a good one.
Verichip's stock just dropped fourteen percent overnight.
Worse yet, investors who carefully read the Associated Press article rather than reflexively hitting the SELL button are probably more worried now than the everyday nitwit cancer-paranoiacs.
Is a sliver of glass and silicon in your flesh really that great an idea, medically? I mean, glass isn't a known carcinogen, but it's a foreign irritant lodged inside flesh.)))

Link: Chip implants linked to animal tumors - Yahoo! News.

"Still, after reviewing the research, specialists at some pre-eminent cancer institutions said the findings raised red flags.

"There's no way in the world, having read this information, that I would have one of those chips implanted in my skin, or in one of my family members," said Dr. Robert Benezra, head of the Cancer Biology Genetics Program at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. (((Not exactly a easily panicked crank.)))

Before microchips are implanted on a large scale in humans, he said, testing should be done on larger animals, such as dogs or monkeys. "I mean, these are bad diseases. They are life-threatening. And given the preliminary animal data, it looks to me that there's definitely cause for concern." (((Uh-oh.)))

Dr. George Demetri, director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, agreed. Even though the tumor incidences were "reasonably small," in his view, the research underscored "certainly real risks" in RFID implants.

In humans, sarcomas, which strike connective tissues, can range from the highly curable to "tumors that are incredibly aggressive and can kill people in three to six months," he said. (((Yeah but, uh... I really want to open my front door with an embedded radio code.)))

At the Jackson Laboratory in Maine, a leader in mouse genetics research and the initiation of cancer, Dr. Oded Foreman, a forensic pathologist, also reviewed the studies at the AP's request.

At first he was skeptical, suggesting that chemicals administered in some of the studies could have caused the cancers and skewed the results. But he took a different view after seeing that control mice, which received no chemicals, also developed the cancers. "That might be a little hint that something real is happening here," he said. He, too, recommended further study, using mice, dogs or non-human primates.

Blowback galore for CASPIAN:

The Money Times
Mice studies show RFID tags cause cancer
Salon - 21 hours ago

VeriChip tells the AP that it wasn't aware of the mice studies, and the FDA declined to detail which studies it reviewed when approving VeriChip. Cancer ...

VeriChip defends microchips despite reported cancer link Bizjournals.com

The Upside of VeriChip's Potential Cancer Risks Washington Post
Comment by Danielle Brian Executive Director,Project On Government Oversight

Wired News - New York Times all 252 news articles » CHIP

Stock plummets as RFID chips linked to cancer reports
Canada.com, Canada - 20 minutes ago

Shares of VeriChip Corp. plunged as much as 14 per cent yesterday following a published report linking the implanted microchips it makes to cancer in lab ...

A Debate We Don’t Need: Do RFID Chips in Humans Cause Cancer?
New York Times, United States - 13 hours ago

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BloggingStocks - 22 hours ago

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Microchip Implants Linked To Cancer In Animal Studies CBS 5 - Green Bay all 5 news articles » CHIP

Animal Chip Implants May Cause Cancer

Yahoo! Tech, CA - 17 hours ago
It's a sad day for transhumanism and man-meets-machine advocates: Researchers have found that microchip implants, such as the VeriChip ID implants used to ...

EnjoyFrance.com

Dr. Katherine Albrecht says microchip implants cause cancer
EnjoyFrance.com, France - Sep 8, 2007
Dr. Katherine Albrecht claims that microchip implants, such as those marketed by VeriChip, cause cancer. Long-time VeriChip opponent Dr. Katherine Albrecht ...

Arphid Watch: Arphid Cancer
Wired Blogs - Sep 8, 2007
"Had the FDA known about the cancer link, they might never have approved his company's product." Since gaining FDA approval, VeriChip has aggressively ...
Business topics

Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 9 hours ago
... its initial public offering in February, on a report linking its product to cancer in lab rats and mice. VeriChip slid 62 cents to $5 in Nasdaq trading. ...

INTC
Today’s Debate: Do RFID implants kill?

ZDNet - Sep 10, 2007
A conservative news site calls RFID implants “cancer chips” and says Verichip is finished. Gizmodo notes that Tommy Thompson, onetime Presidential candidate ...
Microchip implanted in humans, pets raises health concerns

WVEC.com (subscription), VA - 19 hours ago
Cancer specialists they spoke with said you can't make the leap between mice and rats to people. Yet, one said he wouldn't have a relative implanted without ...

Studies Linked Tumors To Chip Implants
AHN - Sep 10, 2007
In another instance, weeks after the FDA approved the device for humans, then agency head Tommy Thompson joined the boards of VeriChip Corp and Applied ...

Chicago Sun-Times, United States - Sep 9, 2007
''We stand by our implantable products,'' said Scott Silverman, chairman and chief executive of VeriChip Corp. in Delray Beach, Fla. ...

. APPROVED MICROCHIP IMPLANTS SUSPECTED OF BEING DEADLY
NewsWithViews.com, OR - 11 hours ago
The VeriChip implant is a glass encapsulated RFID tag that is injected into the flesh to uniquely number and identify individuals. ...

RFID implants linked to cancer in lab tests engadget, CA - Sep 9, 2007
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%

Verichip's (CHIP) implant may be linked to cancer
10 Sep 2007 by Gary E. Sattler
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BloggingStocks - http://www.bloggingstocks.com - References
VeriChip Animal ID Implants Linked to Cancer
12 hours ago by Tammy
In the meantime, while the Feds and VeriChip were essentially ignoring the cancer information, the chip received approval for implantation in humans. That's just the beginning. Chip Implants Linked to Animal Tumors ...
Tammy Bruce - http://tammybruce.com/

Could VeriChip’s RFID Spychips cause cancer?
14 hours ago by LilBambi
George Demetri, director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, agreed. Even though the tumor incidences were “reasonably small,” in his view, the research underscored “certainly real ...

BambisMusings - Musings from a little deer? - http://www.bambismusings.com
VeriChip Kept Quiet On Cancer Link... Yet Were Pretty Vocal On ...
21 hours ago
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BEE: IP Inferno - http://www.personalbee.com/215
Verichip, Alzheimers, & Cancer Causing remedy
10 Sep 2007 by Watchman

To date, about 2000 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 ...

D Day For America, Prophecy Book, Blog - http://ddayforamerica.com/WordPress
FDA approved implanted microchips cause cancer; Tommy Thompson ...
9 hours ago by Gary Shumway

The guy who was head of the DHHS when the FDA approved VeriChip’s microchip for human implantation in 2005. Two weeks later Thompson left his Cabinet post and within five months was a board member of the VeriChip Corp. and Applied ...

Red Pills - http://www.redpills.org
Implanted chip approved by FDA found to cause cancer
3 hours ago

The chips are made by VeriChip Corp., a division of Applied Digital Solutions, of Delray Beach, Fla. The company says some 2000 have been implanted in humans worldwide, and VeriChip sees a target market of 45 million Americans looking ...

JackLewis.net - http://jacklewis.net/weblog/
RFID Implants and Cancer
4 hours ago by Erik Sherman

Share prices in VeriChip, which is in the business of creating microchips for identifying people, fell more than 11 percent yesterday, according to a New York Times article. What is amazing, to me, is the following section: ...

BizBlast - http://www.eriksherman.com/bizblast/

Ident Chip Implants Linked to Cancer
9 Sep 2007 by No Apology

Did the agency review literature on microchip implants and animal cancer? Dr. Katherine Albrecht, a privacy advocate and RFID expert, asked shortly after VeriChip's approval what evidence the agency had reviewed. ...

No Apology - http://americaholds.blogspot.com/
"Cancer chip" article hits the newswires – thank you, Katherine!
21 hours ago

But Katherine Albrecht – that tireless researcher and campaigner – did it when the Associated Press broke its "cancer chips" story this weekend. VeriChip's drive to chip us all (a drive conducted in collusion with sleazy politicians; ...

Wolfesblog - http://www.clairewolfe.com/blog.html - References

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