(NAIS)=National Animal Identification System
USDA Approves Chip Implants that Cause Cancer Tumors
Over the past couple of years, the OCA has reported on the National
Animal Identification System=nais , a set of controversial, mandatory
regulations the U.S. federal government claims to have abandoned to
the states, but in fact is still pushing, specifically, in the 2007
Farm Bill.
NAIS would require that all farmers and farm animal owners implant
their animals with a computer chip, even those who just own a single
cow, horse, chicken or other farm animal.
Last week, the USDA approved the use of two new types of chips for the
NAIS program. These same chips have already been planted in millions
of pets and marketed to pet owners as an ID device to help find lost
pets.
Increasingly, these same chips are being marketed and implanted into
humans. Evidence has now surfaced that a significant number of studies
done in the 1990s revealed that lab animals implanted with the devices
developed tumors.
When the FDA approved the use of the chips for human implanting, these
reports were never made public. In an interview with a retired
toxicologic pathologist who studied the chips for Dow Chemical, "The
transponders were the cause of the tumors."
Learn more:
<http://www.organicc onsumers. org/articles/ article_7570. cfm>
www.organicconsumer s.org/articles/ article_7570. cfm
Quick Related Fact
Who Approved Tumor-Causing Chips?
The FDA is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services,
which, at the time of the original RFID chip's approval, was headed by
White House appointee Tommy Thompson.
Two weeks after the device's approval took effect on January 10, 2005,
Thompson left his Cabinet post, and within five months was a board
member of VeriChip Corporation, the company who designed the RFID
chip. He was compensated by VeriChip with cash and stock options.
In his public appearances, he continues to claim the chips are
completely safe and urges all citizens get the implants for the sake
of the health and safety of their families. To date, neither Thompson
nor any member of his family has had the chip implanted.
USDA Approves Chip Implants that Cause Cancer Tumors
Over the past couple of years, the OCA has reported on the National
Animal Identification System=nais , a set of controversial, mandatory
regulations the U.S. federal government claims to have abandoned to
the states, but in fact is still pushing, specifically, in the 2007
Farm Bill.
NAIS would require that all farmers and farm animal owners implant
their animals with a computer chip, even those who just own a single
cow, horse, chicken or other farm animal.
Last week, the USDA approved the use of two new types of chips for the
NAIS program. These same chips have already been planted in millions
of pets and marketed to pet owners as an ID device to help find lost
pets.
Increasingly, these same chips are being marketed and implanted into
humans. Evidence has now surfaced that a significant number of studies
done in the 1990s revealed that lab animals implanted with the devices
developed tumors.
When the FDA approved the use of the chips for human implanting, these
reports were never made public. In an interview with a retired
toxicologic pathologist who studied the chips for Dow Chemical, "The
transponders were the cause of the tumors."
Learn more:
<http://www.organicc onsumers. org/articles/ article_7570. cfm>
www.organicconsumer s.org/articles/ article_7570. cfm
Quick Related Fact
Who Approved Tumor-Causing Chips?
The FDA is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services,
which, at the time of the original RFID chip's approval, was headed by
White House appointee Tommy Thompson.
Two weeks after the device's approval took effect on January 10, 2005,
Thompson left his Cabinet post, and within five months was a board
member of VeriChip Corporation, the company who designed the RFID
chip. He was compensated by VeriChip with cash and stock options.
In his public appearances, he continues to claim the chips are
completely safe and urges all citizens get the implants for the sake
of the health and safety of their families. To date, neither Thompson
nor any member of his family has had the chip implanted.
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