What should implanted patients and their doctors do?
There are many unanswered questions about the safety of microchip implants in human beings, but what we know from animal studies is disquieting. In light of the fact that microchip implants can cause serious adverse reactions in animals, the practice of chipping human beings should be immediately discontinued until the tumorigenesis process is more fully understood. In addition, all patients, members of the public, and medical volunteers who have been implanted with microchips to date (an estimated 300 people in the United States and 2,000 people worldwide) should be immediately informed in writing of the causal link between microchips and cancer in rodents and dogs. Implanted individuals should be offered a procedure for microchip removal at the expense of the facility that provided the implant. Following the advice of Jennings et al., the tissue surrounding all removed implants should be examined for cancerous or precancerous changes.93 People who choose to retain the microchips shou
