Mo. workers can't be forced to get microchip implants

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri employers can still make workers do various tasks. But legislation would bar them from making their employees get a microchip implant.

Katherine Albrecht is an expert in consumer privacy and radio frequency identification. She says there are tangible medical, privacy and religious worries and has been working on forced implant bans with politicians in several states.

She says one problem with the chips is that lab tests have linked them to cancer in animals. The one company allowed to market human implants denies the charge.

Missouri passed a ban on demanding implants to get a job as part of a broader worker compensation bill. The legislation is awaiting Gov. Matt Blunt's signature.