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Many veterinarians recommend them, and most animal shelters require them.
Identification microchips injected into the necks of cats and dogs are touted as useful in
recovering lost pets because the devices store owner and medical information. But are they
safe? A new lawsuit against Merck & Co., Inc., maker of the HomeAgain pet microchip,
says they are not, noting that they can cause cancer to develop in pets.
Featured at www.ChipMeNot.org, a
website launched to raise awareness about the harm caused to animals by microchips, the lawsuit alleges that
Merck's HomeAgain pet microchip induces cancerous tumors in pets. According to the suit,
the defendant's cat developed cancer
after getting a chip implant, and according to reports, other animals have gotten cancer
after getting chipped as well.
"Based on the alarming number of microchip-induced cancers we're discovering, I
predict this lawsuit will be just the tip of the iceberg," said Dr. Katherine
Albrecht, a consumer advocate and expert on side effects associated with implantable
microchips. "Merck and
organizations that advocate pet chipping should take this lawsuit seriously and start
warning pet owners of the risk of
microchip-induced cancer."
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, potential health risks associated with
implantable microchips include "adverse tissue reaction". Based on data from the
British Small Animal Veterinary Association, this can include "swelling",
"infection", "abscesses", and "tumors".
Albrecht presented a paper on the subject called "Microchip-Induced Tumors in
Laboratory Rodents and Dogs: A Review of the Literature 1990-2006" (http://www.chipmenot.org/pdfs/P074.pdf)
at the June conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers that
documents the increasing number of animals being harmed by microchips. Currently, there is
no repository of data on adverse events associated with microchips in the U.S., but
Albrecht organization, CASPIAN, is filling that void by compiling such information and making it available
to the public. (10.20.2010, Ethan A. Huff, staff writer) http://www.naturalnews.com/030108_microchips_animals.html
To learn more about the dangers of animal microchips, visit: www.ChipMeNot.org
Sources for this story include:
http://www.chipmenot.org/mercksued.htm
[Ed. note: Remember this fact: Big Brother cares less about your pet and you. If everyone and every pet drops dead from cancer due to having a chip implanted in them they will be happy.]
"To Achieve World
Government it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism,
their loyalty to family traditions and national identification" Brock Chisholm - Director of the World Health Organization
"A society whose citizens refuse to see and investigate the facts, who refuse to
believe that their government and their media will routinely lie to them and fabricate a
reality contrary to verifiable facts, is a society that chooses and deserves the Police
State Dictatorship it's going to
get." Ian Williams Goddard
The fact is that "political correctness" is all about creating uniformity. Individualism is one of the biggest obstacles in the way of the New World Order. They want a public that is predictable and conditioned to do as it's told without asking questions.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." Thomas Jefferson