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'''''VeriChip''''' (now re-branding ''''']''''') was the only ] (FDA)-approved ]. It was marketed by ], a subsidiary of ], and it received United States FDA approval in 2004. Its manufacture and marketing were discontinued in 2010. About twice the length of a dime, the device is typically implanted between the shoulder and elbow area of an individual’s right arm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.healthlinkinfo.com/faq/#4._Question:_Where_is_the_Health_Link_inserted |title=Verichip Consumer FAQ |accessdate=2009-08-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802111839/http://www.healthlinkinfo.com/faq/ |archivedate=August 2, 2009 }}</ref> Once scanned at the proper frequency, the VeriChip responds with a unique 16 digit number which could be then linked with information about the user held on a database for identity verification, medical records access and other uses. The insertion procedure is performed under local anesthetic in a physician's office.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} As an implanted device used for identification by a third party, it had generated controversy and debate. VeriChip's merger in 2010 officially changed their name to "PositiveID." |
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Destron Fearing, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, initially developed the technology for the VeriChip.<ref name="ComputerBytesMan">Smith, Richard M. {{Verify credibility|date=August 2010}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025021724/http://www.computerbytesman.com/biometrics/verichip.htm |date=October 25, 2007 }}, ''Computer Bytes Man''. 27 Dec. 2001. 16 Oct. 2007</ref> |
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==Privacy concerns== |
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Certain privacy advocates have raised concerns regarding potential abuse of the VeriChip, with some warning that adoption by governments as a compulsory identification program could lead to erosion of civil liberties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antichips.com/is-the-threat-real.htm |title=WHY ADVOCATES AND LAWMAKERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT INVOLUNTARY MICROCHIPPING}}</ref> In addition, it has been shown that the VeriChip's lack of security features made it susceptible to cloning,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cq.cx/verichip.pl |title=Demo : Cloning a Verichip}}</ref> which could present a risk of identity theft. At the same time if these security features were to be increased the chips could begin to play a major role in Identity Theft protection. Three states in the United States of America have passed anti-chipping legislation, protecting against mandated implantation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dontchipmebro.com/bodily-integrity-act/ |title=Bodily Integrity Act – Protective Legislation to prevent Mandatory Implantation}}</ref> These states are California, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. |
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==Health effects== |
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According to Wired News online,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2007/09/arphid-watch-ar.html | title=Arphid Watch: Arphid Cancer. | author=Bruce Sterling | date=2007-09-08 | publisher=Wired News}}</ref> and the Associated Press,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/08/AR2007090800997_pf.html | title=Though FDA approved, microchip implants linked to animal cancer | author=Todd Lewan | date=2007-09-08 | publisher=Associated Press}}</ref> there have been research articles over the last ten years that found a connection between the chips and possible cancer. When mice and rats were injected with glass-encapsulated RFID transponders, like those made by VeriChip, they "developed malignant, fast-growing, lethal cancers in up to 1% to 10% of cases" at the site at which the microchip was injected or to which it had migrated. However, the 10% rate was obtained with hemizygous ]-deficient mice, the counterpart of humans with the ], and rates near 1% were more typical.<ref>Summaries and fair use copies of all 11 scientific publications are available at the CASPIAN site {{cite web|url=http://www.antichips.com/cancer/|title=Antichips.com}}.</ref> The Verichip corporation responded to this report, which caused a 40% drop in their stock value, by stating that rodent data had been provided to the FDA and did not reflect the effect of the chips in humans or pets.<ref>{{cite web |
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}} </ref> Dogs, alternatively, are more resistant to the formation of malignant soft tissue tumors in response to foreign body insult. Induction of sarcomas by foreign bodies has been reported in humans,<ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 17006674 | doi=10.1007/s10006-006-0026-4 | volume=10 | issue=6 | title= |date=November 2006 | journal=Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir | pages=415–8}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 16279594 | doi=10.1007/s11748-005-0074-y | volume=53 | issue=10 | title=Mediastinal malignant fibrous histiocytoma developing from a foreign body granuloma |date=October 2005 | journal=Jpn. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. | pages=583–6}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 15154584 | volume=104 | issue=2 | title=Epitheloid angiosarcoma of the splenic capsula as a result of foreign body tumorigenesis. A case report |date=April 2004 | journal=Acta Chir. Belg. | pages=217–20}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 12425161 | volume=73 | issue=8 | title= |date=August 2002 | journal=Chirurg | pages=833–7}}</ref> and has been described as analogous to rodent foreign body-associated sarcomas and is fairly infrequent. Resolution of the question may be hindered by the long delay in onset of sarcoma induction or other deleterious side effects, analogous to the controversy in the mid 20th century over ] exposure and predisposition to ] abnormalities such as ]. |
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], the former ], supported the VeriChip as a "useful tool in sharing medical information with health care providers in emergency situations". Thompson sat on the board of directors of VeriChip's parent company ] for two years. In June 2007, the American Medical Association declared that "implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) devices may help to identify patients, thereby improving the safety and efficiency of patient care, and may be used to enable secure access to patient clinical information".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/467/ceja5a07.doc|title=American Medical Association CEJA Report 5-A-07}}</ref> |
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The ]'s '']'' explored whether an RFID tag will explode if placed inside an ]. The Build Team inserted an RFID tag into pig flesh and placed inside the MRI, but failed to get any results. Team member ] then had an RFID tag placed inside her arm and was placed inside the MRI. The RFID tag remained unaffected, and left Kari unharmed.<ref></ref> |
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==Religious concerns== |
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Some activists, including ], the author of a book titled ''The Resistance Manifesto'', make a link between the VeriChip and the Biblical ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/118857652.html?dids=118857652:118857652&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+09%2C+2002&author=DAVID+STREITFELD&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=First+Humans+to+Receive+ID+Chips%3B+Technology%3A+Device+injected+under+the+skin+will+provide+identification+and+medical+information.&pqatl=google|title=First Humans to Receive ID Chips; Technology: Device injected under the skin will provide identification and medical information.|last=Streitfield|first=David|date=9 May 2002|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=13 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-5579795-7.html|title=Is RFID the mark of the beast?|last=Gilbert|first=Alorie|date=16 February 2005|work=CNET News|accessdate=13 September 2010}}</ref> ], president of These Last Days Ministries, has argued that "Out of all the technologies with potential to be the mark of the beast, the VeriChip has got the best possibility right now".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.wired.com/politics/security/news/2002/02/50187?currentPage=2|title=They Want Their ID Chips Now|last=Scheeres|first=Julia|date=6 February 2002|work=Wired News|accessdate=13 September 2010}}</ref> |
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* Katherine Albrecht, Liz McIntyre, ''Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID'', Nelson Current, 2005 (ISBN 1-59555-020-8). |
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