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Received this from other members here and since I am a nervous wreck today thought I would throw something.... at you..
Nobel Politics
By Katherine Albrecht
10-13-10

 

 

 

MERCK SUED: HomeAgain® PET CHIP IMPLICATED IN CANCER New website, ChipMeNot.com, features details on cancer case and other adverse reactions   Nashua, NH -- Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. has been served with a lawsuit over claims its HomeAgain® pet microchip induced cancer in a cat. Animal rights attorney Steven Wise seeks "reasonable compensatory damages" for a malignant tumor "likely" induced by a HomeAgain® ID chip implanted in his client's cat, Bulkin.   The complaint, "Andrea Rutherford v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. and Digital Angel, Inc." (case # 1052CV1147) was filed last week in Cambridge (MA) District Court. The complaint named implant maker Digital Angel Corporation as a co-defendant.   "Based on the alarming number of microchip-linked 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 adverse reactions associated with implantable microchips.   Bulkin's case is featured at www.ChipMeNot.com, a new website launched by Albrecht's consumer group CASPIAN to bring attention to the plight of animals who have developed cancer and other adverse reactions from ID microchips. Albrecht documents several of these cases in "Microchip-Induced Tumors in Laboratory Rodents and Dogs: A Review of the Literature 1990­2006," a peer-reviewed academic paper she presented at a June conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers devoted to concerns about implantable microchips.   Albrecht's paper and a copy of the complaint are also posted at www.ChipMeNot.com. The site, co-developed with graduate intern Lidiya Prorochuk, spotlights a growing number of adverse reactions to microchips, including the chip-related cancer deaths of two dogs within the past year.

http://www.chipmenot.org/ 

Don't know if anyone else was having the same problem but the OP was split on my screen.

This is why I never chip my animals.  Besides the fact that Big Brother doesn't need to know
where my dogs are 24/7, they're with me,,,,,MYOFB. 

YR,
You beat me to it.
This is information we all need to read and be aware of.  some of the owners stories on chipmenot.org  is interesting reading too.
Since it was posted on line last October 2010, I wonder how the law suit is progressing. I didn't see more info on that. It may be there and I just missed it somehow.

  Yes Dear, I beat you..I didn't know if you were gonna post it or not..

Thanks for sending it.. I have another one to post.. I am loading truck so had to take a back break

YR

My Leonberger had a small growth on him under his arm pit when I purchased him at 8 weeks old. My vet's weren't concerned over it at first. This growth grew with him in size as he matured.
Every year they continued to check the growth that now turned into a tumor by age 4 years old. I had the tumor removed & inside it was his micro-chip, that must have migrated from his shoulder blade area right after injection.
Even after the chip has been removed he continues to get tumors in the area & now along his shoulder blade area his skin has turned black. At age 8 years old he has cancer through out his body.
We've been heart broken over our big fuzzy bear's diagnosis. Many breeders in the USA micro-chip their Leonbergers, & now the breed has a above average cancer risk, they used to be the healthiest large breed.
I never thought it could be from the micro-chip, but our vaccines here in the USA-??? Either way very sad. We use to micro-chip our puppies until this happen, & now have stop.

I have had 2 of my dogs implants quit working. Had different vets scan for it and they can't find it. I know a lot of the earlier chips did migrate to various areas of the body so we scanned everywhere and can't be read. Several of my dogs have been implanted, but decided not to implant anymore.
They are usually around 2 yrs old when microchipped. One female developed a tiny growth In the shoulder area which we removed, but the chip was not in it.

YR. I was trying to post it and the page was acting crazy and then yours appeared. this time it seems to be working.

CPhudson, I am sure sorry to hear about the tumors in your dog. So sad....

Weezy.

Something else to think about:

Where is the most common injection site for repeated vaccines with adjuvants KNOWN to cause certain sarcomas (especially in cats, like the suit mentions)? Yep; you guessed it! It's right in the same spot as a microchip is typically implanted.

 

my puppy i got they placed his chip in his neck when i first got him there was a lump there it was odd... now u cant find the lump but the chip is actuly in the right side of his neck its odd i have never heard of them implanting there but on his papers and such it says they placed it in the right side of neck.

I was going to mention the increased incidence of tumors from SubQ vaccination with Rabies vac.  The Vet I worked for always injected that vaccine in the rear leg muscle and as far as I know had no reactions to it, but we did see some tumors between shoulder blades where dogs had gotten Rabies Vac by someone else.  I wonder if the chips going into the same area as the Rabies Vac may have contributed to the tumors??  Or even if they got both chipped and Vaccinated on the same day in the same area? 

Very timely question as there's an event next weekend offering chipping by a Vet for no cost... just the cost to register the chip by the owner at a later date. I was thinking of having my 2 younger dogs done, now will have to rethink it.

6 dogs-6 chips-no problems-oldest dog has had his over 12 years-use Avid only.