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Dutch Researchers Claim RFID Chips May Be Dangerous

Holland-The tiny radio frequency identification tags that are often used to track machines and in some cases people are a risk in the medical hospital.

These tiny RFID chips and radio tags emit a signal, that can at times cause lifesaving and crucial machines such as ventilators to shut down.

This is a type of radio interference that has not been anticipated or engineered for when either device, the RFID tags or the medical machines were designed.

According to a team of Dutch researchers doing work in Holland they have discovered that the RFID chips are not always a risk, but it is impossible to predict when and where they may interfere with necessary hospital machines.

In some cases the new machines that are engineered to help save lives appear to be well shielded, and impervious, while older more dated machines are the ones that shut down unexpectedly when around the Radio frequency chips.

In other situations, it is the reverse, and it is the older surgical and medical hospital machines that are less likely.

Reporting in the Journal of the American Medical Association the Dutch scientists report that usage of RFID tags at the current time is unpredictable, and a health risk for patients in hospitals on crucial machines such as ventilators.

Because it is not possible to predict, it is not safe for people or machines that have a RFID tag in them to be inside a hospital surgical or critical care ICU type environment.