This is interesting, but it does not necessarily indicate that it is the RF radiation causing the cancers. They could also be caused by some carcinogenic substance in the material that encapsulates the chip.
Mark Shapiro
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REPORT FINDS CONNECTION BETWEEN IMPLANTED RFID CHIPS AND CANCER IN ANIMALS
CASPIAN - A new paper titled "Microchip-Induced Tumors in Laboratory
Rodents and Dogs: A Review of the Literature 1990-2006" has been
released by CASPIAN. The full, 48-page paper provides a review of the
academic literature showing a causal link between implanted
radio-frequency microchip transponders and cancer in laboratory rodents
and dogs. In addition, a brief, four-page synopsis of the full report is
being made available.
In six of the articles, between 0.8% and 10.2% of laboratory mice and
rats developed malignant tumors around or adjacent to the microchips,
and several researchers suggested the actual tumor rate may have been
higher. Two additional articles reported microchip-related cancer in dogs.
In almost all cases, the malignant tumors, typically sarcomas, arose at
the site of the implants and grew to surround and fully encase the
devices. In several cases the tumors also metastasized or spread to
other parts of the animals.
Dr. Robert Benezra, head of the Cancer Biology Genetics Program at the
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, was quoted as
saying, "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."