Congressman slams FDA for ignoring 'troubling evidence' about Elon Musk's Neuralink and allowing brain chip to be implanted in humans - despite botching experiments on monkeys

Lawmakers have slammed the Food and Drug Administration for ignoring'troubling evidence' of Elon Musk's Neuralink practices and pushing the brain chip to human trials. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) penned a letter to the FDA, criticizing the agency for not expecting the company's long list of animal abuse allegations that span back to at least 2019. The Democrat cited 2022 reports that described employees' complaints of'hack jobs' of animal experiments due to a rushed schedule, causing needless suffering and deaths. The open letter also stated'these alleged failures to follow standard operating procedures potentially endangered animal welfare and compromised data collection for human trials.' Blumenauer is now demanding the FDA explain how it reconciled reports of such lapses with its decision to authorize Neuralink's human trial.