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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy  K...I wish we could link the two threads on this same topic...here is my response from the other one:
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...
Also don't believe everything you hear/read...most of it's a bunch of hype. If chips were really dangerous, we would have already heard of a lot of dogs and cats getting cancer since we've been chipping for 15 years! |
I hear ya but as for me i read and they seemed pretty honest with the statistics which i appreciated. the percentage of getting cancer was 1% per thousands... what ever number it was. I figured a 1% chance is low but I don't want to be putting things in my dog that already add to his chance of getting chancer. I lost my grandma to cancer my 42year old aunt to the same cancer and now I will be losing my dad to another type of cancer... I just like to be informed about all sides of an issue before i make my choice, and this side of the issue wasn't told to many. Just like with anesthesia or any part of a surgery they tell you u may not survive, but they do tell you. Weather it scares some and not others, we all deserve to know factors before a choice is made... its just fair i think. i had an uncle die on the operating table as well, so as for me. I like to be informed and make informed decisions. Yes i am glad my babies have the chip as far as getting lost or stolen and having a better chance of being recovered, but i don't like the fact that i could be putting something in them that may make them ill or die.
I really so appreciate what you posted though...