Apparently a series of research articles produced over more than a decade showed that mice and rats injected with glass-encapsulated RFID transponder implants developed malignant, fast-growing, lethal cancers in 1% to 10% of cases. The tumours were formed in the tissue around the microchips and often grew all around the devices, the researchers said.
Dr. Katherine Albrecht first found out about the microchips causing cancer possibility when she and her "Spychips" co-author, Liz McIntyre, heard from a dog owner whose companion animal had died due to a chip-induced malignant tumour. Dr. Albrecht then discovered medical research that revealed a link between microchip implants and cancer in other animals.
Research discovered further documents, several of which had been published before VeriChip's parent company, Applied Digital Solutions, had sought FDA approval to market the implant for humans.
The VeriChip was subsequently approved in 2004 under the guidance of the then Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.
VeriChip had the responsibility to bring the studies to their attention, but VeriChip CEO Scott Silverman claims the company didn’t know about the research.
However, Dr. Katherine Albrecht was sceptical that VeriChip, whose main business is microchip implants, were not aware of studies in the published literature about the subject, and she said: "Had the FDA known about the cancer link, they might never have approved his company's product."
It has been reported that VeriChip has already chipped 90 Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers in Florida. Employees in the Mexican Attorney General's Office, workers in an American security firm, and club-goers in Europe have also received microchip implants.
Dr. Katherine Albrecht urged people with the implants to have them removed as soon as possible and she added: "Why would anyone take the risk of a having cancer chip in their arm?"
Dr. Katherine Albrecht is the director of CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering), and is also a talk show host of "Uncovering the Truth" every weekday on the We The People Radio Network.
