Many lab animals that have been given microchip implants have developed cancerous tumors, according to newly published research.

“The transponders were the cause of the tumors,” said Keith Johnson, a retired toxicologic pathologist, explaining in a phone interview the findings of a 1996 study he led at the Dow Chemical Co. in Midland, Mich.

Leading cancer specialists reviewed the research for The Associated Press and, while cautioning that animal test results do not necessarily apply to humans, said the findings troubled them. Some said they would not allow family members to receive implants, and all urged further research before the glass-encased transponders are widely implanted in people.

I thought this was pretty fascinating, in light of how there’s a push from several sectors to start putting these chips in humans. And since some people are associating these chips with the biblical “Mark of the Beast”, it kinda makes you ...