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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy

There's not much proof in that article... First of all, lab rats and mice get cancer so easily. It's almost pointless to compare cancer-causing agents in mice to humans..or dogs and cats for that matter. Secondly, out of hundreds of thousands of dogs and cats chipped in the past 15 years, there has been no report of chips causing cancer. A study was done that found 2 dogs with sarcomas in the neck region: 1 which had a sarcoma around the chip and was said to be caused by the chip and 1 in which the cause of cancer was unknown. Okay.....so 1, maybe 2, dogs out of hundreds of thousands developed a tumor because of a microchip? That's an extrememly small amount... Plus, there is always going to be a risk with anything - there is always one out of how every many thousands that could have a reaction to a vaccine or die from anasthesia...And yeah, it sucks to be that one...but overall it's such a tiny risk..and the chances of having a problem are so small. There is a much larger risk of my dog being lost or stolen than her microchip causing her to develop cancer. I would much rather have my dog returned to me. I think a lot of these "lab rat" studies are a bunch of bull anyway...like sweet & low causing cancer....yeah, when a lab rat gets its body weight in saccharine every day for like a year! It's just rediculous. You can't take every study at face value...you really have to know how to interpret the results... Anyway, I will continue to have my pets chipped because I believe to to be almost 100% safe. It always surprises me to hear that people are afraid to get their pets chipped...

I am glad to hear you say that. both of my yorkies were chipped two years ago and these articles were scaring me