[Grovenet] Dog Owner Alert

[Bob Browning]

Gosh, I don't think I saw any such article this weekend. Must be a plot!!

bob "chip him, Dano" browning

Alan L Domenghini wrote:

>Ed... ask and you shall receive
>
>Mr. Ed asked....
>I hadn't heard that. Where's your evidence? Ed
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>Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 02:30:11 -0400
>Subject: MICROCHIP IMPLANTS CAUSE FAST-GROWING, MALIGNANT TUMORS IN LAB 
>ANIMALS
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>September 8th, 2007
>Dr. Katherine Albrecht 
>Founder and Director, CASPIAN Consumer Privacy kma at spychips.com 
>(877) 287-5854 
>MICROCHIP IMPLANTS CAUSE FAST-GROWING, MALIGNANT TUMORS IN LAB ANIMALS
>Damning research could spell the end of VeriChip The Associated Press
>will issue a breaking story this weekend revealing that microchip
>implants have induced cancer in laboratory animals and dogs, says
>privacy expert and long-time VeriChip opponent Dr. Katherine Albrecht. 
>As the AP will report, a series of research articles spanning more than
>a decade found that mice and rats injected with glass-encapsulated RFID
>transponders developed malignant, fast-growing, lethal cancers in up to
>1% to 10% of cases. The tumors originated in the tissue surrounding the
>microchips and often grew to completely surround the devices, the
>researchers said. 
>Albrecht first became aware of the microchip-cancer link when she and
>her "Spychips" co-author, Liz McIntyre, were contacted by a pet owner
>whose dog had died from a chip-induced tumor. Albrecht then found
>medical 
>studies showing a causal link between microchip implants and cancer in
>other animals. Before she brought the research to the AP's attention,
>none 
>of the studies had received widespread public notice. A four-month AP
>investigation turned up additional documents, several of which had been
>published before VeriChip's parent company, Applied Digital 
>Solutions, sought FDA approval to market the implant for humans. The
>VeriChip received FDA approval in 2004 under the watch of then Health
>and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson who later joined the board
>of the company. 
>Under FDA policy, it would have been VeriChip's responsibility to bring
>the adverse studies to the FDA's attention, but VeriChip CEO Scott
>Silverman claims the company was unaware of the research. Albrecht
>expressed skepticism that a company like VeriChip, whose primary 
>business is microchip implants, would be unaware of relevant studies in
>the published literature. 
>"For Mr. Silverman not to know about this research would be negligent.
>If he did know about these studies, he certainly had an incentive to
>keep them quiet," said Albrecht. "Had the FDA known about the cancer
>link, they might never have approved his company's product." Since
>gaining FDA approval, VeriChip has aggressively targeted diabetic and
>dementia patients, and recently announced that it had chipped 90
>Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers in Florida. Employees in the
>Mexican Attorney General's Office, workers in a U.S. security firm, and
>club-goers in Europe have also been implanted. Albrecht expressed
>concern for those who have received a chip implant, urging them to get
>the devices removed as soon as possible. "These new revelations change
>everything," she said. "Why would anyone take the risk of a having
>cancer chip in their arm?" To read the story with pictures click below:
>http://www.citizensadvocate.net/newsletters/albrechtVeriChipAP.html To
>hear Dr. Katherine Albrecht on Ettaro LIVE! on We The People Radio
>Network breaking this story click below: 
>http://restoretherepublic.com/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=view&catid=13&id=49
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