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FDA Approves Implantable Health ID Chips

By Larry Abramson

Published October 14, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

The Food and Drug Administration gives the go-ahead for identity chips that can be implanted under the skin. A Florida company wants to market the device, which it calls VeriChips. The chips could provide doctors with instant access to a patient's medical records. Privacy advocates think that view is shortsighted. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.

Larry Abramson

Larry Abramson is NPR's National Security Correspondent. He covers the Pentagon, as well as issues relating to the thousands of vets returning home from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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