I hope this is just a hoax

[Perndog]

We spend our whole lives regularly exposed to fluorescent lighting, AM and FM radio waves galore, cordless phones, microwave ovens, and CRTs (TVs and computer monitors), and no one has shown any ill effects. The experts may still be unsure whether all this radiation is safe, but we've been exposed to it for many decades, and if it posed a serious threat, we'd know by now.

And you're right...it sounds like paranoid whiners instead of a parody, since they do link to a real UK article about chips in razor packages. It's not (or shouldn't be) about tracking the razor, though - the chip can only be detected less than 20 feet away from a sensor, and it's in the package, not the product. They're complaining mainly because their picture is taken when they remove one from the shelf and when they check out.

The reason it's stupid to even care is because there are not-so-obscure cameras all over stores. They're videotaping every step you take, so it's pointless to get scared about one or two snapshots.