Kyle Brearley Webboard User Reg: 02-23-2006
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My dog is tattooed and does not have a chip implant, but I thought I'd make mention for any of you out there whose dogs have RFID chip implants, that they've discovered a link between them and cancerous tumors in animals. If your animal already has one, it might be not be feasible to remove it, but it might be something to consider if you're getting a new dog and are considering a chip implant.
I was going to post a link to a news story, but they're everywhere. If you do a Google search for "RFID chip causes cancer" you'll get hundreds of hits.
-Kyle
PS - Sorry if this has been brought up before, I did a search in the forums for "RFID chip cancer" and got no hits.
Rick Miller Webboard User Reg: 05-24-2007
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Quote: Keith Larson
Everything causes cancer.
Really? Like what? Do dog collars and leashes cause cancer? How about doggie diapers? The reason I say so is because I don't understand how you could be complacent when you know that a product could harm your dog. You seem to be okay with it.
Quote: Lindsay Janes
Yeah I agree with you, Keith. Anything can make everybody sick!
RobbinMann Webboard User Reg: 12-19-2006
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Er...this is news to me. Since when do microchips in our dogs cause cancer? I was just getting ready to have one put in Levi and I already have one in all the rest of my animals. I thought it was completely safe. I am truly disturbed by this latest post.
Elaine Haynes Webboard User Reg: 08-16-2005
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I haven't checked into this yet but intend to. I think the important thing to do is weigh the risks against the benefits. I'm also remembering all the to do about saccherine several years ago and how it caused cancer. It turned out that unless you drank about 200 diet sodas a day or had such a strong genetic tendency towards cancer that just about every member of your family for the past 10 generations had died from it that you were highly unlikely to get cancer from the saccherine.
I would think that injecting anything foreign into any living creature is going to have some side effects sooner or later. I believe keeping things as natural as much as possible is the best way to go.
I had a dog that was spayed and it turns out she was allergic to something used to close her up and she never healed properly. I know the odds of that happening are rare, but you never know.
Decide for yourself, I think the risk is minimal, if any, and I'd rather make sure I get Starbuck back if she is lost somewhere. And if you think a Tattoo is the solution then read the Mal Tatt thread.
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