When RFID implants were first introduced, they were said to be good for you because they would help to save lives.  The FDA even said they were safe, so everyone assumed, without researching for themselves, that an approval by the FDA meant there would be no worries.  Now, however, a report from the 1990s indicates that RFID implants are linked to cancerous tumors in lab animals, causing concerns over the safety, and practicality, of human RFID implants in the long run.

Leading cancer specialists reviewed the research for The Associated Press and, while cautioning that animal test results do not necessarily apply to humans, said the findings troubled them. Some said they would not allow family members to receive implants, and all urged further research before the glass-encased transponders are widely implanted in people.

Verichip and Applied Digital Solutions, have stood by their decisions to use the chips, stating that they did not know of the reports and that they have also not had any negative effects of the 2,000+ humans that already have the chips implanted.

“In fact, for more than 15 years we have used our encapsulated glass transponders with FDA approved anti-migration caps and received no complaints regarding malignant tumors caused by our product.”

Curiously, the FDA has refused to comment on whether they knew about the tumors before they approved the chips, however, two weeks after approval, Tommy Thompson left his post at the Department of Health and Human Services, which is under the FDA, and five months later, was a member of the board at VeriChip.

The scariest part of getting tumors from RFID chips is that they are only active for a few moments and at only on a few specific occasions.  What would happen if the chips became ubiquitous to American society?  If you use the chip frequently because society shifts to using the RFID chips for nearly all transactions, then it will only be a matter of months before you get cancer.  Get one implanted at birth and you could be looking at a very short lifespan.

Given that RFID is easily falsified, what is the point in have them implanted to begin with?  You can remove and swap your implant for someone else’s implant.  You can change the data in the implant and it is overly intrusive into your privacy.

While tumors often appear around a foreign object in your body, the thought of, one day, being forced to implant one is repugnant and an ill-thought idea.  You will essentially be telling people that they need this implant and then tell them, “Ha! Ha!  You can have a side of cancer with that too!”

In the end, we desperately need more studies.  There continues to be gathering evidence that RFID chips are dangerous.  America seriously does not need another Aspartame situation on its hands.