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Chattanooga, TN - Medical ethics experts are questioning a proposal to implant medical identification microchips in the arms of developmentally disabled clients at Orange Grove Center. "That's pretty disturbing and kind of surprising in that anyone would allow that to occur," said Dr. Stuart Finder, a director at the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. "Typically, the idea of using vulnerable people -- children, disabled people, pregnant women, prisoners, a whole variety of categories -- we normally say that's not a good idea," Dr. Finder said.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Implantable-chip seminar in D.C. today Manufacturer of Digital Angel, VeriChip meets with FDA, policy analysts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: November 15, 2002 4:46 p.m. Eastern By Sherrie Gossett © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com A seminar on implantable ID and tracking chips for humans has been convened at the National Academies today in Washington, D.C. Participating in the seminar are officials from Applied Digital Solutions (maker of Digital Angel and VeriChip), the Cato Institute, the Electronic Information Privacy Center and the FDA. The seminar, open to the public, was announced under the Policy and Global Affairs arm of the National Academy of Science,...

Friday April 5, 2:31 pm Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. VeriChip--TM-- to be Featured On NBC's Today Show Monday Morning, April 8, 2002 Applied Digital's President and Chief Technology Officer to be interviewed along with Florida family that wants to ``get chipped(TM)'' PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2002-- Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSX - news), an advanced technology development company, announced that VeriChip will be featured on NBC's Today Show on Monday morning, April 8, 2002. VeriChip is a miniaturized, implantable, radio frequency identification device (RFID) that can be used in a variety of...