Buttons2
09-08-2007, 07:48 PM
How many of you have a microchip in your doggie? I just read an AP news flash about how the FDA approved microchips without bothering to release any information about dogs getting sarcoma tumors @ the implant site!
Now this is interesting cause I was recently reading how they are putting chips in people,to record our medical files,and for security purposes.Keep track of Alziemer patients,etc.
I figured when I read the first article that no way would I ever knowingly be microchipped,for one thing this little rice size chips can migrate out of the arm to other parts of the body,so how would they even be scanned?
Plus I see this as a huge invasion of privacy. There would be no limit to how much info they could use,plus keep track of our every move. It just sounds kinda spooky to me.
Then there's the money issue. BIG bucks involved with this. And I don't appreciate the FDA approving this kind of thing & then refusing to provide all the info from the manufacturer due to "trademark secrets". Seems to me just one more thing we are kept in the dark about until it's too late?
Rags (my dog) is already microchipped, however after reading this I'll think twice before having it done again.
And in case you aren't aware of this: not all chips will respond to all vet's equipment,I found this out when my son's Dobie was scanned & it didn't work! I do however believe they are working toward's a "universal" system.
Just something to consider.
Buttons
Now this is interesting cause I was recently reading how they are putting chips in people,to record our medical files,and for security purposes.Keep track of Alziemer patients,etc.
I figured when I read the first article that no way would I ever knowingly be microchipped,for one thing this little rice size chips can migrate out of the arm to other parts of the body,so how would they even be scanned?
Plus I see this as a huge invasion of privacy. There would be no limit to how much info they could use,plus keep track of our every move. It just sounds kinda spooky to me.
Then there's the money issue. BIG bucks involved with this. And I don't appreciate the FDA approving this kind of thing & then refusing to provide all the info from the manufacturer due to "trademark secrets". Seems to me just one more thing we are kept in the dark about until it's too late?
Rags (my dog) is already microchipped, however after reading this I'll think twice before having it done again.
And in case you aren't aware of this: not all chips will respond to all vet's equipment,I found this out when my son's Dobie was scanned & it didn't work! I do however believe they are working toward's a "universal" system.
Just something to consider.
Buttons