The latest investigation is the result of another complaint about Neuralink penned by the Physicians Committee of Response Medicine (PCRM), which alleges in a letter that it has obtained public records that reveal the potentially unsafe handling of these removed implants. PCRM claims that “individuals working for Neuralink appear to have unsafely packaged and transported materials … carrying infectious pathogens on several occasions.” The committee reveals that the sources of its information are documents provided by the University of California, Davis, under the state’s public records act. The university worked as a partner with Neuralink from 2017 to late 2020.
At the time of penning its letter, PCRM claims to have obtained 327 pages of “communications between Neuralink and UC Davis.” Emails included in these documents allegedly reveal concerns among university employees about the handling and transportation of removed implants. Quoted emails shared in PCRM’s letter describe multiple instances of removed implants allegedly being transported improperly between Neuralink and UC Davis, including ones that were reportedly removed from monkeys suffering from serious infections. As well, the letter claims that “on at least one occasion, Neuralink employees transported explanted hardware carrying potentially infectious substances from the company’s facility to UC Davis ‘in an open box with no secondary container.'”
The U.S. Department of Transportation confirmed in a statement to Reuters that it is investigating the matter to determine whether Neuralink has violated laws related to the handling and transportation of these hazardous materials. The news comes only a few months after Elon Musk claimed (again) that human trials at Neuralink may be right around the corner.
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