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From:"F Eeken" <eeken_22@...> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert

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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:03:16 -0500

Subject: The Truth about Big Pharma

Overview The Truth about Big Pharma, Medicine & Journals ?

By F. Eeken bc. (Reply, comment, info. To - Eeken_04@... )

a non-professional investigative writer: just a concerned citizen.

Europe, The Netherlands

"So staggeringly profitable is the drug industry that in 2002 the combined profits for the top 10 drug companies in the Fortune 500 were greater than those of all the other 490 companies combined."

< Marcia Angell, MD in Boston Globe - 10/5/04 >

2005

Consumer Report:

Some FDA-Approved Drugs Have Dangerous Side Effects

Dec 30, 2005

By Charla Young - troubleshooter@...

(LOUISVILLE) -- America's drug safety system is deeply flawed, according to a just-published investigation by Consumer Reports. It has identified a dozen widely-prescribed drugs and drug types linked to rare but potentially serious reactions either not identified or underestimated when the government approved them. WAVE 3 Troubleshooter Charla Young explains.

http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=4299262 & nav=0RZF

Essay

When Teenagers Abuse Prescription Drugs,

the Fault May Be the Doctor's

NEW YORK TIMES, By Markel, M.D. howard@...

December 27, 2005

Every Thursday evening, I counsel a group of teenagers with serious substance abuse problems. None of the youngsters elected to see me. Typically, they were caught using drugs, or worse, by their parents or a police officer and were then referred to my clinic. To be sure, all the usual intoxicants - alcohol, marijuana, amphetamines, LSD and cocaine - are involved. But a new type of addiction has crept into the mix, controlled prescription drugs, including potent opiate painkillers, tranquilizers and stimulants used to treat attention deficit disorders. This is hardly unique to my clinic. Several studies report that since 1992, the number of 12- to 17 -year-olds abusing controlled prescription drugs has tripled................... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/health/27essa.html

Did a British university sell out to Procter & Gamble ?

Rent-a-Researcher, By Washburn - Dec. 22, 2005

Earlier this month, Sheffield University in Britain offered $252,000 to one of its senior medical professors, Aubrey Blumsohn. According to a copy of a proposed settlement released by Blumsohn, the university promised to pay him if he would agree to leave his post and not make "any detrimental or derogatory statements" about Sheffield or its employees. For several years, Blumsohn had been complaining of scientific misconduct. ..........http://www.slate.com/id/2133061/

Global Trend: More Science, More Fraud

By Lawrence K. Altman, New York Times, december 20, 2005

The South Korean scandal that shook the world of science last week is just one sign of a global explosion in research that is outstripping the mechanisms meant to guard against error and fraud

Experts say the problem is only getting worse, as research projects, and the journals that publish the findings, soar..... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/science/20rese.html

Bird-Flu Bill Slammed as Loophole for Drugmakers

By Alonso-Zaldivar ricardo.alonso-zaldivar@...

december 19, 2005 - Latimes.com

WASHINGTON -- Bird flu preparedness legislation headed for a final vote in the Senate this week would create loopholes allowing vaccine makers to avoid legal liability even if a patient is harmed by negligence, critics said today.... http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-121905vaccine_lat,0,720114.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Do Recent Developments and Disclosures Cast Doubt on the World-Famous Clinic's Reputation for Credibility and Independence as It Embarks on Pfizer's $100 Million Celebrex Safety Study ?

Strange Goings On at the Cleveland Clinic:

Mere Coincidences or Something Far More Problematic?

december 19, 2005, By Steve Diph

If you like playing the game "connect the dots," you might find this one very interesting:..

http://www.newsinferno.com/storypages/12-19-2005~001.html

Md. oversight of doctors failing public

december 19, 2005

Fred Schulte of The (Baltimore) Sun used state records to show that "land's vow to safeguard patients has been undercut by breakdowns in the state system established to oversee doctors." In a three-part series, Schulte writes that more than 120 doctors have been the subject of four or five malpractice claims and that the disciplinary process for physicians often takes four years or more. "And secrecy policies conceal the names of doctors associated with tens of millions of dollars in injury claims."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-malpracticeseries,1,3848626.special

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.malpractice18dec18,1,3625430.story

SFBC's Suspended Legal Affairs Chief Resigns

After Probe of Trial Subjects

SFBC International Inc., manager of the largest private clinical trials center in North America, said executive Gerald Seifer resigned after an investigation found he engaged in ``inappropriate'' behavior with trial subjects.

SFBC's Suspended VP of Legal Affairs Resigns

Dec. 19 2005 (Bloomberg) -- SFBC International Inc., manager of the largest private clinical trials center in North America, said executive Gerald Seifer resigned after an investigation found he engaged in ``inappropriate'' behavior with trial subjects. Seifer, who isn't a lawyer, was the company's director of legal affairs. He resigned effective immediately, the company said today in a statement. A 10-year SFBC employee, Seifer was placed on 30 days paid leave last week after a report from two law firms hired by SFBC's board found that a witness heard Seifer threaten to have research subjects deported, the company said during a Dec. 15 conference call. ......................

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=specialreport & sid=aZmP4hdnAVNY & refer=news

SFBC Drug Testers Have Tuberculosis

After Man Coughing Up Blood Is Ignored

The drug test participant on the next bed was shivering and shaking and coughing up blood.

(source - http://www.bloomberg.com/specialreport/ ) davidevans@...

LISTEN -

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082 & sid=a9SVD66qyqE0 & refer=canada

Doctor Who Died in Pennsylvania Test

Was Betrayed by a System He Trusted

(source - http://www.bloomberg.com/specialreport/ )

Scheer wasn't worried about side effects when he agreed to enroll in a federally funded test of different combinations of previously approved blood pressure medications in 1997.

ewillen@... , davidevans@...

LISTEN -

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=specialreport_index2 & sid=agPpkV1bu7OU & refer=news

Widespread Drug Marketing Violations Occurred

at American Psychiatric Association Convention,

Public Citizen Writes in Journal of Public Health Policy

More Than Half Of Drug Makers at Convention Violated Rules

Dec. 15, 2005

WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than half the drug makers that participated in the 2002 American Psychiatric Association (APA) convention violated drug marketing rules set up by the association or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Public Citizen writes in a study in the current issue of The Journal of Public Health Policy. . http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2101

How Big Pharma influences the FDA's drug approval process

at the expense of public safety ?

NEWSTARGET, december 13, 2005 by is Black

http://www.newstarget.com/015741.html

42 U.S. Senators hold Stock in Pharma

Up To $16 Million In Drug Company Stock Investments Conflict

42 U.S. Senators Out of Vaccine Vote, Says FTCR

13 december 2005

Carmen Balber - carmen@...

Court - jamie@...

http://www.consumerwatchdog.org

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Forty-two U.S. Senators hold stock in pharmaceutical companies even as they vote on legislation to benefit the drug industry, according to an analysis released today by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR). The Senate is expected to vote this week on an eleventh-hour amendment to immunize vaccine makers for dangerous drugs. Senators should not participate in votes from which they will financially benefit, said FTCR............

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=58052

Whistleblower wins drugs study inquiry

THE OBSERVER, Jo Revill jo.revill@..., health editor

december 11, 2005

A whistleblower who raised concerns about a study that his research unit carried out with a major drugs company is to have his allegations investigated by the medical journal that published it.

Dr Aubrey Blumsohn, a bone specialist and senior lecturer at Sheffield University, warned the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research more than a year ago that he had grave doubts about some of the research it had published under his name.......................

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1664688,00.html

Medicare Fraud Settlement Causes Oncologists To Lose Income, USA

MEDICAL NEWS TODAY - 08 Dec 2005

Many oncologists will earn 30 to 50 percent less a year as a consequence of a $1.1 billion Medicare fraud settlement with two leading cancer drug manufacturers, according to a study in the Dec. 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology........

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=34664

Fact Squad on Prescription Drugs

Common Dreams NewsCenter - december 7, 2005

WASHINGTON - According to a october 2005 Poll, only nine percent of the American public considers the pharmaceutical industry generally honest and trustworthy.....

http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/1207-21.htm

Andrx faces FDA complaints

Pjarmaceuticals, by Dorschner- jdorschner@... - Dec. 06, 2005

A Food and Drug Administration report ( http://www.herald.com/multimedia/miami/news/andrx.pdf

) lists 24 pages of problems with Andrx's drug manufacturing plant in Davie. From failing to monitor for ''objectionable microorganisms'' to not documenting manufacturing problems, Andrx's plant in Davie is facing a broad range of complaints from the Food and Drug Administration.........

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/13336269.htm

Pricey head-lice lotion disclosed a fake

december 5, 2005

CHICAGO (AP) -- Parents who paid $285 for an experimental head-lice treatment for their children might be scratching their own heads, now that the doctor selling the stuff says it's really a skin cleanser available for less than $10 a bottle at drug stores nationwide.......

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20051204-113544-4424r.htm

..

Doctor: Merck tried to influence article

Company urged him not to publish warnings against Vioxx use, he says

Houston Chronicle, Anne Belli anne.b - December 4, 2005

One of the nation's top cardiologists testified Saturday that Merck officials tried to pressure him into not publishing a critical article about Vioxx in a highly respected medical journal four years ago, telling him he'd be "embarrassed" if he did so. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/3501089.html

Doctor accuses drugs giant of 'unethical' secrecy

The Observer, Jo Revill jo.revill@..., health editor - December 4, 2005

Britain's leading medicines watchdog is to investigate claims made by a senior doctor of 'unethical behaviour' by a major pharmaceutical company over a study of a disease that affects millions of women... http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,1657395,00.html

Wall Street Journal Examines

How Drug Companies Can Profit From Charity Programs

The Wall Street Journal investigates the benefits drug companies receive from patient assistance programs, which classify as charities and can often be claimed as a tax exemptions.

02 Dec 2005

The Wall Street Journal on Thursday examined prescription drug assistance programs for people with health insurance and how the programs are benefiting both patients and drug makers.....

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=34366

FDA Advisers Say ADHD Patch Is Safe

By J. Lumpkin - Associated Press Writer - December 2, 2005

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ats-ap_health15dec02,0,6124807.story?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines

FDA staff says ADHD patch not safe enough

Dec 1, 2005 - By Heavey - Reuters

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews & storyid=2005-12-01T172101Z_01_BAU148015_RTRUKOC_0_US-NOVEN-ADHD.xml & rpc=22

FDA Sending Mixed Messages on Health, Critics Say

November 30, 2005

WASHINGTON (The Boston Globe) -- The Food and Drug Administration recently ruled that food companies can tell consumers that eating as little as one-half cup of tomatoes and tomato-based products weekly reduces the risk of prostate cancer. But the good news came with a catch:.. http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/28815/442548.html

Drug firms enlist patients as allies

Sydney Morning Herald, By Robotham jrobotham@..., November 28, 2005

The pharmaceutical industry lobby plans to expand its influence by funding grassroots patient groups to campaign for government subsidies for new medicines... http://www.smh.com.au/news/health/drug-firms-enlist-patients-as-allies/2005/11/27/1133026350317.html

First Crack In Big Pharma's Wall (Bill 420)

November 24, 2005 Belleville - Ontario

A huge step forward for informed freedom of choice and health freedom in Canada has been achieved thanks to last minute scurrying by Health Canada to avoid the full impact of the Health Freedom Private Member's Bill C-420. Bill C-420 has been a dagger aimed at the heart of the health regulator's bureaucracy for the last two Parliaments.

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2005/11/24/first_crack_in_big_pharmas_wall_bill_420.htm

Pharma's Poisoned Generation

By Pringle - epringle05@... ( a columnist for Independent Media TV and an investigative columnist focused on exposing corruption in government ) - 26-Nov-2005

A growing number of professionals in the health care field are reporting that a relationship exists between the epidemic in neurodevelopmental disorders of autism, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, and speech or language delay all across the country, and the use of thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative used in childhood vaccines. ........

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_evelyn_p_051126_pharma_s_poisoned_ge.htm

Child antidepressant use increases

REUTERS, 24 november 2005 - The number of U.S. children and teens who were diagnosed with depression more than doubled between 1995 and 2002, while the use of antidepressant drugs rose and the use of psychotherapy or counseling declined.............

http://us.rd./dailynews/rss/health/*http://news./s/nm/20051124/hl_nm/child_antidepressant_dc

Overpriced, over-rated pills

The Providence Journal - 24 November 2005

A new government-financed study suggests that Americans pay far more than needed for drugs aimed at controlling schizophrenia. Conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health, the study compared four new-generation drugs against an older medication, perphenazine. Only one, olanzapine, worked better, and in that case, the gains were slight. Olanzapine also carried the most serious risk of side effects: It was far more likely than its rivals to cause severe weight gain and diabetes.. http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail & pk=EDPILLS-11-24-05

ACNP Issues Final Report on SSRIs and Suicidal Behavior in Youth

Task Force Finds Urgent Need for Effective Treatment for Depression in Children and Adolescents

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 23, 2005 - PRNewswire- The benefits of treating youth with depression with one antidepressant medication outweigh the increase in risk of suicidal thoughts and nonfatal suicidal behavior found in an analysis of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) database of adverse event reports, according to the findings of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Task Force Report on SSRIs and Suicidal Behavior in Youth......................

http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20051123/DCW00223112005-1.html

Pharma To Republicans - Time To Pay Up Again

By Pringle - epringle05@..., 23 November 2005

The generation of children injured by vaccines containing the mercury-based preservative thimerosal is now reaching puberty. Many of these children will require life-long care and support. The cost to their parents by today's standards, will reportedly exceed $2 million dollars for each child. An ever-growing number of health care professionals point to thimerosal as the culprit behind the explosion in cases of autism and other neurological disorders..........

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_evelyn_p_051123_pharma_to_republican.htm

Two Doctors Involved In Fake Botox Case Lose Medical Licenses

November 23, 2005

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The state has revoked the medical licenses of two doctors at a shuttered clinic where the paralyzing botulism toxin was apparently injected in place of cosmetic Botox, the state Health Department said Tuesday. Bach McComb, who allegedly paralyzed himself and three friends with fake anti-wrinkle shots containing the botulism toxin, lost the right to practice medicine and was ordered to pay $14,750 in fines and costs.......................

http://www.nbc6.net/news/5389283/detail.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101500716.html

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/12/State/Provider_of_fake_Boto.shtml

The FDA Kills

Pain Relief - 22 november 2005 -

By Bill Sardi - BSardi@..., a consumer advocate and health journalist, California

More than twenty years after four controlled studies showed that glucosamine and chondroitin supplements allay the symptoms of wear-and-tear (osteo) arthritis, the National Institutes of Health finally backs two studies to confirm what was known two decades ago........

http://www.lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi46.html

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) To Allow

Pesticide Testing on Orphans & Mentally Handicapped Children

Organic Consumers Association - Campaigning for Health, Justice, and Sustainability

November 18, 2005

Public comments are now being accepted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its newly proposed federal regulation regarding the testing of chemicals and pesticides on human subjects. On August 2, 2005, Congress had mandated the EPA create a rule that permanently bans chemical testing on pregnant women and children. But the EPA's newly proposed rule,

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-GENERAL/2005/September/Day-12/g18010.htm

misleadingly titled "Protections for Subjects in Human Research," puts industry profits ahead of children's welfare. The rule allows for government and industry scientists to treat children as human guinea pigs in chemical experiments in the following situations - .....................................

http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa6.cfm

Big Drug Makers See Sales Decline With Their Image

Big Pharma Downfall Under Way

NEW YORK TIMES - November 14, 2005, By Berenson berenson@...

The drug industry's image problems are beginning to hurt pharmaceutical companies where it matters most - at the bottom line..........

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14pharma.html?hp & ex=1131944400 & en=f36fecd3a74419c9 & ei=5094 & partner=homepage

Private tests a risky business

SEATTLE TIMES, By , and Liz Willen - November 7, 2005

A seven-member panel working for the world's largest company overseeing protection of people in clinical trials met on the morning of Nov. 20, 2004, to review recruiting material for a proposed drug test at s Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. One of the members, a doctor, said she didn't understand the recruiting script aimed at the public. The board voted to approve the document anyway..http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002608440_drugtesting07.html

Two measures seek drug coverage fix

By Pat Stanley pstanley@... , Register Staff Writer

November 7, 2005 - Napa Valley Register

An online blog refers to Propositions 78 and 79, competing ballot measures to give uninsured Californians access to cheaper prescription drugs, as "compound, complex and messy," which may explain why the Public Policy Institute of California poll last month showed more than a quarter of the state's voters were undecided on the issue while Proposition 78 held a nine percent lead. It also may explain why local pharmacists and hospitals had no comment....................

http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2005/11/07/news/local/iq_3143316.txt

Pneumonia patient died after receiving double dose of medication

Associated Press - 4 november 2005

SAN JOSE, Calif. - State health regulators cited a second Kaiser Permanente hospital in the South Bay for giving the wrong medication this summer to a patient who later died.......

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13083511.htm

http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_308222819.html

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/05/BAGOLFJMAJ1.DTL

Man dies after being injected with wrong medication

San Francisco Chronicle, United States - November 4, 2005

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/baycitynews/archive/2005/11/04/injection04.DTL

Another death in '05 attributed to hospital error

San Mercury News, United States - November 4, 2005

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/13079133.htm

Drug Industry Human Testing Masks Death, Injury, Compliant FDA

November 2, 2005 (Bloomberg) --

Cabanerio has been waiting in an experimental drug testing center in Miami since 7:30 a.m. The 41- year-old undocumented immigrant says he's desperate for cash to send his wife and four children in Venezuela. More than 70 people have crowded into reception rooms furnished with rows of attached blue plastic seats. Cabanerio is one of many regulars who gather at SFBC International Inc.'s test center, which, with 675 beds, is the largest for-profit drug trial site in North America. Across the U.S., 3.7 million people have enrolled in drug tests sponsored by the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. The companies have outsourced 75 percent of experimental drug trials to centers like SFBC, a leader in a $14 billion industry......................

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=specialreport & sid=aspHJ_sFen1s & refer=news

War hero's death at clinic follows years of FDA neglect

Bloomberg News - By - davidevans@...

Nov. 2, 2005 (Bloomberg) -- Garry Polsgrove received two Purple Hearts for his service as a Marine in Vietnam. Three decades after that war ended, Polsgrove, 55, was homeless and unemployed. In order to have a bed and earn some money, he entered an experimental drug test at the Fabre Research Clinic in Houston in April 2002, says his sister, Gatlin. Polsgrove died of myocarditis, or swelling of the heart, 22 days after he enrolled in the trial. The FDA waited until January 2005 -- almost three years after Polsgrove's death -- before telling Louis Fabre, 64, the clinic's owner, that it would move to shut down his testing center.......

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=specialreport & sid=aAC1o70dkzcI & refer=news

Drug company sued for unethical conduct

By , clewis@...

November 01, 2005

A former pharmaceutical salesman who was fired by GlaxoKline (GSK) has filed a $6 million whistleblower lawsuit against the London-based drug manufacturer.In the suit, filed Friday in son County Chancery Court, McRae of County claims he was dismissed because he refused to lavish gifts on doctors and promote drugs for non-approved treatments....

http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9 & screen=news & news_id=45577

HHS Reviewing FDA Chief's Resignation

The Associated Press- October 24, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that an inquiry is under way into the recent resignation of Lester Crawford as commissioner of Food and Drug Administration..........

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401725.html

Girl must get chemotherapy before Kansas trip, judge rules

Associated Press - Oct. 23, 2005

CORPUS CHRISTI - The parents of a 13-year-old cancer patient will be allowed to take her to Kansas to pursue intravenous vitamin C treatment. First, Wernecke must receive five days of traditional chemotherapy at University of Texas M.D. Cancer Center in Houston, state District Judge Jack Hunter, newly appointed to the contentious case, ruled Friday.........

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3409690

70% Drug Panels Rigged with Pharma-Money

Drug panels 'have financial links'

DAILY MAIL UK - 19 october 2005

Doctors around the world are being advised to prescribe specific drugs by experts with close financial links to the pharmaceutical industry, it has been claimed. An investigation by the scientific journal Nature found "extensive" financial connections between clinical guideline panels and drug companies. Around 70% of panels were affected......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/thehealthnews.html?in_article_id=365959 & in_page_id=1797

Former FDA Commissioner says FDA lost public trust

NPR, 17 Oct 2005

Former FDA Commissioner, Dr. Kessler (who served under both former President Bush and Bill Clinton) and is now dean of the University of California at San Francisco, told National Public Radio (on All Things Considered, October 12) that the FDA's credibility is at the lowest level he has ever seen. He said that FDA's credibility is at its lowest level among physicians and the public. The failure to appoint an acting commissioner from within the professional ranks of the FDA leads Dr. Kessler to say, he's "not sure the White House trusts the FDA." Listen to audio: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4956167 & ft=1 & f=1001

Safety of newly marketed drugs

17 october 2005

A new study to be released on October 18 recommends increasing pharmaceutical user fees specifically to assess the safety of newly marketed drugs:...

http://www.ahrp.org/infomail/05/10/17.php

Drug business prescribes a novel cure for its ills

NYDAILYNEWS - october 17, 2005

Who knew that the multibillion-dollar U.S. pharmaceutical industry was so keen on publishing pulp fiction ? In a tale worthy of a zany Washington satire - except for the lamentable fact that it's true - the rich and powerful pharmaceutical lobby secretly commissioned a thriller novel whose aim was to scare the living daylights out of folks who might want to buy cheap drugs from Canada. When the project fell through in july, I'm told the drug lobby offered $100,000 to the co-authors and publisher in a vain effort to sweep it under the rug. .................

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/356296p-303697c.html

Physicians Nailed for Performing Unnecessary Surgeries

Jim Kouri, CPP - 15 october 2005

One of the hot-button political issues of the day is physician-assisted euthanasia. Which ever side of the issue people support, the real question is: do we trust medical doctors to make honest decisions about performing the ultimate medical treatment -- death ?.................

http://www.sierratimes.com/05/10/15/152_163_100_12_61131.htm

FDA accused of suppressing drug safety information

Oct 14, 2005 PT by the Health Ranger (Mike )

Here's a report on the FDA that could only come from outside the United States. I'm reading to you from The Independent, a British newspaper, that says, "Vital data on prescription medication found in millions of British homes has been suppressed by the powerful U.S. drug regulators, even though the information could potentially save lives."... http://www.newstarget.com/012467.html

Articles on the FDA

http://www.newstarget.com/the_FDA.html

reveals TMAP drug scam

linked to then Governor W. Bush

Rutherford Institute Interview - 14 october 2005

An in-depth interview by Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute with ,*a former inspector with the Pennsyvania Office of Inspector General, who initially blew the whistle on Pennsylvania's version of the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP), a psychiatric prescription drug formulary and prescribing guideline for professionals. TMAP ensures that hundreds of millions of dollars in state funds are used to pay for high priced, dangerous - and mostly ineffective psychotropic drugs...... http://www.ahrp.org/infomail/05/10/14.php

A cheat's guide to clinical trials:

15 tricks pharma companies use to get the right results

Pharma Watch - 13 october 2005

http://pharmawatch.blogspot.com/2005/10/cheats-guide-to-clinical-trials-15.html

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00929.x

Lawsuit questions drug's need

Newsday, By Roni Rabin roni.rabin@...

Staff Writer, 9 october 2005

Yost doesn't have a heart condition, but every day for the past eight years, she has dutifully taken Lipitor to rein in her LDL cholesterol, which can get as high as 340. Now Yost, a 73-year-old retiree in Brooklyn Heights, wonders whether taking the medicine has been worthwhile..

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hschol094462431oct09,0,4735763.story?coll=ny-health-headlines

Firm accused of manipulating drug data.

Baltimore Sun, land. 7 october 2005

NEW YORK- A consumer watchdog group has accused the makers of a popular asthma drug of manipulating safety data submitted to the FDA two years ago to create the impression that the drug Serevent is safer than it is. GlaxoKline officials vehemently denied the charge, made by Public Citizen's Health Research Group in a letter in this week's issue of the British medical journal The Lancet....... http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.nat07oct07,1,2431732.story?coll=bal-health-headlines & ctrack=1 & cset=true

US public health group attacks safety of GSK's asthma drug

INDEPENDENT UK, By Foley s.foley@ independent.co.uk

7 october 2005

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article317836.ece

Unnecessary surgery exposed ! Why 60% of all surgeries are medically unjustified and how surgeons exploit patients to generate profits

NEWSTARGET, october 7, 2005 PT by isBlack

Every year millions of Americans go under the knife, but many of them are enduring great pain and shelling out thousands of dollars for surgeries they don't really need. In fact, the only people who seem to really benefit from these unnecessary medical procedures are the medical professionals who stand to make exorbitant amounts of money from performing them. ..............

http://www.newstarget.com/012291.html

http://www.newstarget.com/unnecessary_surgery.html

The truth about medical journals, and how drug companies exert heavy influence over published scientific articles

Can the medical journals be trusted to provide accurate, unbiased information about medicine even as they are almost entirely funded by drug companies? In her book, Vaccination, Peggy O'Mara writes that the current era of medical beliefs (or dogma) began to develop soon after Louis Pasteur's demonstration that some pathogens could be converted into vaccines...

http://www.newstarget.com/012119.html

Interview with Reidy, former Viagra sales rep and

author of "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman

5 october 2005 by

- "Pharmaceutical sales are kind of like the decathlon in the Olympics -- you sell three or four different drugs, and to win the decathlon you don't have to finish first place in every race"

- "the focus of the book is how everything in pharmaceutical sales works. How you can make it look like you're working when you're not working"

- "I think there are some drugs that are definitely over-prescribed, like antibiotics and antidepressants"

http://www.newstarget.com/012253.html

http://www.newstarget.com/viagra.html

Artificial sweetener

Viva New Mexico! - Aspartame Finally Imperiled !

New Mexico october 5, 2005, By Dr. Betty i - Bettym19@...

The Nation's eyes are on New Mexico. State Statutes on poisonous substances and adulteration can preempt federal. New Mexico set a precedent for the world to follow. Hearing to ban aspartame in july.. On october 4th, New Mexico's Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) courageously withstood a determined fight to preempt investigation of a food poison. This is a first for the Nation! Ever since Don Rumsfeld called in his markers to seat an FDA Commissioner who would finally approve aspartame/NutraSweet/Equal, the political clout, cash and cover-ups of the multi-national aspartame industry have suffocated every challenge. http://www.wnho.net/viva_new_mexico.htm

Damming the flow of drugs into drinking water.

Environmental Health Perspectives. 4 October 2005.

Roughly 100 pharmaceuticals have now been identified in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters throughout Europe and the United States. While as yet there is no evidence of adverse human effects, there are disturbing ecosystem changes... http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2005/113-10/spheres.html

FDA Study Proves FDA Confuses Consumers

by Allowing Dubious Health Claims on Foods

29 september 2005

The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) policy of allowing preliminary health claims on food labels misleads consumers and has "failed the key communications test," according to a previously undisclosed FDA study........

http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/dockets/dockets/03N0496/03N-0496-rpt0001.pdf

http://www.cspinet.org/new/200509291.html

FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford Resigns

By n Neergaard, AP Medical Writer, 23 september 2005

WASHINGTON -- Embattled Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Lester Crawford abruptly resigned Friday, telling his staff that at age 67 it was time to step aside. President Bush designated the National Cancer Institute's director, Dr. von Eschenbach, to be the FDA's new acting commissioner... http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5298573,00.html

GlaxoKline Settles Fraud Charges for $150 Million

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 21 september 2005

Drug-maker GlaxoKline has paid over $150 million to resolve charges that it defrauded Medicare and other federal health programs through fraudulent drug pricing and marketing of two drugs used in cancer care, Zofran and Kytril. A whistleblower in the case will get $26 million....

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/glaxo_fraud.html

Vioxx was priority, not lives !

Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. 17 september 2005.

An eminent scientist choked up on the stand yesterday in a trial over the recalled pain-killer Vioxx, telling jurors he was appalled that fellow scientists appeared to help Merck & Co. Inc. develop a drug while knowing its risks. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/12667875.htm

Deception in Research on the Placebo Effect

Volume 2 | Issue 9 | september 2005

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document & doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020262

New Movie: 'Constant Gardener' Exposes Pharma

5 september 2005

Le Carre's novel "The Constant Gardener" has been a forerunner for a spate of recent books that expose various facets of the pharmaceutical horrors which befall more and more of us - those who get sick and fall for pharmaceutical propaganda on how medicines treat this or that condition. It is not by chance that the pharma-dominated medical system has become the leading cause of death and suffering in the U.S. and perhaps in the whole Western World. Le Carre's novel has now been turned into a movie, which is hitting the theaters in these days... http://www.theconstantgardener.com/

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/09/05/new_movie_constant_gardener_exposes_pharma.htm

Mother tells how hospital removed healthy breast

News Scotsman - Hall - 5 September 2005

A mother has revealed how she had a healthy breast removed after being wrongly diagnosed with cancer. Marjory , 52, was told by doctors - over the phone - that she had a rare and aggressive form of cancer and that she needed a mastectomy. Less than a month later, doctors at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, admitted they had been looking at another patient's tissue sample and made a mistake. It took nearly two years for Highland Acute Hospitals NHS Trust to offer Mrs just £44,000 compensation...http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1891152005

New Movie Details Dangers of Pharmaceutical Drugs

" Before you pop your next pill ... you should see this movie "

5 september 2005

The movie, "Side Effects", written, directed and produced by Kathleen Slattery is a romantic comedy with a serious message. The message: "Beware the Pharmaceutical Industry". The national distribution of this independent film is scheduled for opening night in Dallas, Texas on Friday, september 9th at the Angelika Theater.... http://www.sideeffectsthemovie.com/

Why do doctors interact with pharma reps

" It is all about money "

Based on the Congressional testimony of Wilkes, M.D., Ph.D. Vice Dean, Medical Education Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of California, in front of the Committee on Government Reform with respect to safety of Vioxx. There are three reasons:

1) free food and perks, 2) doctors feel they deserve such gifts, and 3) reps often fill a perceived educational need. Related articles:

# Truth about prescription drugs How to doctors come to know about new drugs ?

# Interaction of drug firms and physicians Drug promotion to doctors

# FDA panel members in Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra hearings had financial ties to drug firms

# Relationship of pharmaceutical companies and doctors

# Impact on prescription behavior due to marketing by pharma companies

# Overall impact of drug promotion and advertising on pharma industry

http://www.mynippon.com/drugs/marketing-to-doctors.htm

FDA Knew Dangers Of Thimerosal-Vaccines For 60 Years

4 september 2005 -NEWSMEDIAEXPLORER

According to newly discovered research, which was supported by a grant from the American Medical Association, government agencies have known for 60 years that Thimerosal was neither safe or effective, and that it should have been removed as a preservative in pharmaceutical products...

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/09/04/fda_knew_dangers_of_thimerosalvaccines_for_60_years.htm

Anti-depressant pregnancy concern

BBC, 1 September 2005

Use of a type of anti-depressant medication during pregnancy may increase the risk of birth defects such as cleft palate, research suggests. Danish and US scientists found use of SSRIs in the first three months of pregnancy was linked to a 40% increased risk - but the results are preliminary. ....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4204126.stm

Women's health chief quits over pill flap - FDA approval for over-the-counter sale of 'morning-after' pill too slow, she says

Alonso-Zaldivar - San Francisco Chronicle, 1 september 2005

The head of the Food and Drug Administration's women's health office resigned Wednesday in a widening protest over delays in deciding whether the "morning-after" contraceptive can be sold without a prescription. F. Wood, a biologist and veteran of 15... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/01/MNGVMEGBSN1.DTL & hw=FDA & sn=014 & sc=1000

The FDA Exposed:

An Interview With Dr. Graham, the Vioxx Whistleblower

NEWSTARGET, 30 august 2005 PT by Manette Loudon

http://www.newstarget.com/011401.html

Most scientific papers are probably wrong

30 august 2005, NewScientist.com news service, Kurt Kleiner

Public Library of Science Medicine (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124)

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7915

SEE ALSO -

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7457/69

http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-18/108915177711920.xml

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/05/15/investigator_exposes_pharma_corruption_loses_job.htm

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/06/23/bush_to_impose_psychiatric_drug_regime.htm

The Whistleblower report (PDF download)

http://psychrights.org/Drugs/TMAPJanuary20.pdf

Suit accuses drug makers of aiding in deaths of children

http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-18/108915177711920.xml

Investigative Research Reveals the True Costs of Drugs

By Sharon and Palmer - US Department of Commerce - 3 july 2004

The women who wrote this email and signed below are Federal Budget Analysts in Washington, D.C. Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for the active ingredient in prescription medications?.............

http://www.sonomavalleyvoice.com/articles.php?id=411

This Information has Been Widely Disputed

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/genericrx.html

Buried Data Can Be Hazardous to a Company's Health.

SCIENCE, 11 june 2004

A time-honored way to deal with negative results is to sweep them under the rug. But NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer gave notice on 2 june that he may punish companies suspected of burying clinical data....... http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/304/5677/1576

Pharmaceutical companies accused of manipulating drug trials for profit

London Independent, England. 23 April 2004

The multibillion-pound global pharmaceutical industry is accused today of manipulating the results of drug trials for financial gain and withholding information that could expose patients to the risk of harm.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=514317

Pharma makers withhold suicide data in drug studies

2 februari 2004

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/02/02/pharma_makers_withhold_suicide_data_in_drug_studies.htm

2003

Corrupting the research process -

NIH officials paid as industry consultants

30 december 2003

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/12/30/corrupting_the_research_process_nih_officials_paid_as_industry_consultants.htm

Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients

lndependent / UK, By Steve Connor s.connor@..., Science Editor

8 december 2003

A senior executive with Britain's biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them. Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoKline (GSK), said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually derived any benefit from them.......

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1208-02.htm

Whistleblower Doctors Face Severe Retribution

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE - Steve Twedt stwedt@... Staff Writer - spent 10 months tracking doctors who became whistleblowers about workplace conditions, finding that "doctors who question quality standards or practices can pay a steep personal and professional price," including loss of patients, lengthy investigations and an unsympathetic legal system. Other parts of the series examine the stories of individual doctors labeled as "troublemakers."

The Cost of Courage: When right can be wrong

Second in a series - october 27, 2003

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03300/234531.stm

The Cost of Courage: How the tables turn on doctors

First of a series - october 26, 2003

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03299/234499.stm

A report on the Use of Psychiatric Medications

Their Safety and Efficacy

Detailed Meta-Analysis, Truchope Nutritional Support - 23 July 2003

QUOTES -

(1) .......research is showing that a significant number of serious side-effects creating hospitalization asmissions and even DEATH are produced by the medications themselves. MANY STUDIES HAVE SUPPORTEED THESE FINDINGS..........

(2) .....a study involving two groups of patients taking either RISPERIDONE or HALOPERIDOL that the risk of relapse of schizophrenia was 34% for the former and 60% for the latter.Their episodes of relapse can be devastating, destroying their hopes for wellness, as well as their careers and family stability....

(3) .....Cancer Risks Associated with PAXIL usage......Paxil presented a 720% increase in risk of Breast cancer in females. The Canadian Cancer Society website indicates that for heavy smokers there is a 400% increase in risk for cancer. In other words Paxil-use creates a greater risk factor for breast cancer than heavy smoking. With over 3.000.000 Canadian presciptions for Paxil in the year 2000 this is major case for concern.

(3) SUMMARY - .....THE TOP-TEN MOST PRESCRIBED PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS EXHIBIT SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS SIDE EFFECTS.....

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/Psychiatric%20Medications%20Report.pdf

The Secret Origin of AIDS in America

Secrets and Lies of the First Two Decades of AIDS

http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/aidsamerica.html

http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/Articles/The_Secret_Origins_of_AIDS.html

http://www.konformist.com/1999/aids/cantwell2.htm

2001

Is the FDA Safe and Effective?

By Dr. B. Klein dklein@..., Associate Professor of Economics, Santa Clara University, and Dr. Tabarrok ATabarrok@..., Vice President and Director of Research the Independent Institute - Drs. Klein and Tabarrok have independently published research on numerous public policy topics - September 26, 2001

Medical drugs and devices cannot be marketed in the United States unless the Food and

Drug Administration (FDA) grants specific approval. We argue that FDA control over drugs and

devices has large and often overlooked costs that almost certainly exceed the benefits. We

believe that FDA regulation of the medical industry has suppressed and delayed new drugs and

devices, and has increased costs, with a net result of more morbidity and mortality. A large body

of academic research has investigated the FDA and with unusual consensus has reached the same

conclusion. Drawing on this body of research, we evaluate the costs and benefits of FDA policy. We

also present a detailed history of the FDA, a review of the major plans for FDA reform, a

glossary of terms, a collection of quotes from economists who have studied the FDA, and a

bibliography with many webbed links. A more detailed table of contents follows. We are happy

to receive comments and criticisms..... http://www.fdareview.org/fda.pdf

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Subject: The Truth About Big Pharma (2)

2006

Cancer Researcher Admits to Faking Data

By MATTIAS KAREN, Associated Press Writer

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - 14 january 2005

A Norwegian cancer researcher has admitted fabricating data published in a renowned international medical journal, officials in Norway said Saturday.

The researcher at Norway's Comprehensive Cancer Center, who was not identified, used faked patient data in an article on oral cancer published in the October 2005 issue of The Lancet, Britain's leading medical journal, said Stein Vaaler, strategy director for the cancer center.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/14/D8F4QHA8D.html

Newest Pain for Drug Industry: 'Meth' Suits

Actions seek liability for wrongful death and illegal drug use

Tresa Baldas baldas0@... - The National Law Journal - January 10, 2006

The cold medicine industry is battling a new strain of legal headaches involving the unlawful use of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in decongestants that's used to make crystal meth...

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Critics weigh in on FDA's decisions

Some say ethics, finances should be factors for product approval

By D. Rockoff - Sun Reporter

Originally published January 9, 2006

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration has been attacked recently for factoring nonscientific evidence into its decisions, but a growing number of critics argue it should do exactly that.......

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.fdaethics09jan09,1,3725557.story?ctrack=1 & cset=true

Studies: "Drugs cause Brain bleeding"

The Mass Tort Bonanza That Wasn't

Big Pharma drew a line in the sand for plaintiffs lawyers seeking the next litigation gold mine

Alison el - The American Lawyer - January 6, 2006

All of the necessary elements of a litigation blockbuster seemed to be in place. The science was good. The defendants -- a handful of enormous pharmaceutical companies -- still deny it, but two long-term studies have shown that a tiny percentage of the people who took over-the-counter drugs containing a chemical called phenylpropanolamine (PPA) were victims of PPA-associated hemorrhagic stroke. According to the epidemiological studies, thousands of people who used nonprescription diet pills or cold remedies suffered sudden bleeding into their brains as a result.

http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1136455511982

Will Another Vioxx Critic be Silenced?

5 january 2006

Dr. J. Topol, a cardiologist with the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation, has been one of the most outspoken critics of the drug companies. He came into the spotlight after he openly criticized drug company Merck and its painkiller Vioxx, which was withdrawn from the market because of safety concerns. Dr. Topol has also criticized other drugs and was recently demoted from his position as head of the clinic's medical college. He suggested in a Webcast that his criticism of Merck was a key reason why he was demoted.

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Subject: BreastImplants - Confidential Dow Documents

Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:19:19 +0000

Breast Implants - Confidential Dow Corning Documents

Documents: #1 - #562

'Plaintiffs' Trial Exhibit-list Abstracts for Dow Corning.

Excerpts From - "Dow Documents" where there's Smoke, there's Fire !

Example Document

Document #1 - 00/00/00

Concealing from FDA

Fraud / Misrepresentation

Miscellaneous - Reckless / Consceneous Desregard

"Internal Audit and Corrective Action Plan" prepared by Dow Corning of its Toxicology Laboratory. The audit uncovered four studies in which a former Dow Corning employee (Mark Bejarano) created false data and violated Good Laboratory Practices (GLP). The studies which were falsified are a lifetime breast implant gel study in rats, a biodurability study of elastomer in orthopedic devices, a breast implant elastomer study. The falsification involved the technician, Bejarano. who created

multiple slides from a single animal and labeled them as though they had come from different animals.

The report states, "It has been acknowledged by Mr. Bejarano that he: did create multiple slides, made a mistake, acted on his own, acted contrary to his Dow Corning training, and did not tell his supervisor or anyone else what he had done." (p.4 or Temporary Dow Corning Bates Number 411) Dow Corning claims that none of the four studies were published or relied on for data on the safety of breast implants, that an outside audit will also be done, and that Dow Corning will examine its operating procedures for the toxicology laboratory to make sure it complies with applicable regulatory requirements.

Appendix A is a list of studies in Dow Corning's PMAA master file and a list of studies in Dow Corning Corporation's blue book. Appendix B is a list of studies containing duplicate slides created by Mark Bejarano. Appendix C is qualifications of the consultant.

CITE: DCC 411000406 - 411000525, Exhibit 25 to Zimmer Deposition; Exhibit 4 to Bejarano Deposition; Exhibit 5 to Bey Deposition; Exhibit 35 to McKennon Deposition. Dow Corning Trial Exhibit List Abstracts PENDLETON/PSC Attorney Work Product/Privileged & Confidential

...............

Documents,

and short Excerp from 1 document in that section -

Damning Dow Docs #1 - 33

PLAINTIFFS' TRIAL EXHIBIT LIST ABSTRACTS FOR DOW CORNING Excerpts From: "DOW DOCUMENTS" WHERE THERES SMOKE THERES FIRE Document #1 00/00/00 CONCEALING FROM FDA......

Damning Dow Docs #34 - 50

Document #34 01/00/56 TESTING KNOWLEDGE OF LIQUID SILICONE DANGERS GEL MIGRATION Dow Corning Report No. 1377 on "The Physiological....

Damning Dow Docs #51 - 70

Document #51 05/16 - 17/64 COHESIVENESS-LIQUID COMPONENT OF GEL KNOWLEDGE OF LIQUID SILICONE DANGERS KNOWLEDGE OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE TISSUE REACTION Silicone.....

Damning Dow Docs #71 - 90

Document #71 10/12/66 MISCELLANEOUS - COMPLICATIONS MISCELLANEOUS - SALES STERILIZATION/CONTAMINATION TESTING "Chemical Research Progress Report

Damning Dow Docs #91 - 110

Document #91 04/26/68 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NEED FOR TESTING CONCEALING FROM FDA MISCELLANEOUS - LOBBYING MISCELLANEOUS - ORGANIZATIONAL SURVEY TESTING Rowe, Dow....

Damning Dow Docs #111 - 140

Document #111 02/02/70 STERILIZATION/CONTAMINATION JH Wetters, Dow Corning

Medical Products Plant, Report No. 229 to Burdick with...

Damning Dow Docs #141 - 160

Document 141 00/00/73 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NEED FOR TESTING KNOWLEDGE OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE TISSUE REACTION Dow Corning Bioscience Research Laboratory "Research...

Damning Dow Docs #161 - 180

Document #161 12/04/73 MISCELLANEOUS - SALES Art Rathjen memo to numerous Dow Corning Employees informing them of an "Album For Clinical Photographs, Silastic.....

Damning Dow Docs #181 - 200

Document #181 & 182 (Note: #181 (ALSO LISTED AS #182) 01/22/75 TESTING MISCELLANEOUS -SALES Hoyt, Dow Corning, memo to Rathjen with copies to Salisbury, Talbot......

Damning Dow Docs #201 - 225

Document #201 08/12/75 KNOWLEDGE OF GEL BLEED MISCELLANEOUS - COMPLICATIONS TISSUE REACTION Dr. Upton (Cronin"s associate) letter to Rathjen regarding capsular........

Damning Dow Docs #226 - 250

Document #226 03/31/76 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NEED FOR TESTING SHELL DEGRADATION Art Rathjen, Dow Corning, memo to Overton, Bey, , Harlow, Hinsch, ..........

Damning Dow Docs #251 - 275

Document #251 08/12/76 MISCELLANEOUS - COMPLICATIONS Dr. Wolfe, Detroit Medical Center, writes to Milt Hinsch of Dow Corning expressing concerns regarding....

[..#276 - 300..Missing....]

Damning Dow Docs #301 - 331

Document #301 04/10/78 STERILIZATION/CONTAMINATION Dow Corning Complaint Report 20602 notes a "hair inside package.".........

Damning Dow Docs #332 - 376

Document #332 02/09/81 KNOWLEDGE OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE GEL MIGRATION Boley, Dow Corning,memo to Frisch, LeVier, Spielvogel, , Rylee, and Wessel regarding....

Damning Dow Docs #377 - 410

Document #377 08/09/83 ACKNOWLEGEMENT OF NEED FOR TESTING KNOWLEDGE OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE TESTING TISSUE REACTION Memo to Rathjen from Isquith regarding.....

Damning Dow Docs #411 - 435

Document #411 01/02/85 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NEED FOR TESTING FRAUD/MISREPRESENTATION KNOWLEDGE OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE TESTING Frye memo to C. Lentz regarding "1984....

Damning Dow Docs #436 - 461

Document #436 02/11/86 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NEED FOR TESTING KNOWLEDGE OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE Ken Yerrick, Dow Corning, memo to Boley, ........

Damning Dow Docs #462 - 490

Document 462 07/06/87 COHESIVENESS - LIQUID COMPONENT OF GEL GEL MIGRATION Dr. Vinnik writes to Rylee, Dow Corning, concerning recurrent...

Damning Dow Docs #491 - 509

Document #491 03/27/89 TESTING Eldon Frisch, Dow Corning, responds to the request

by Emanuel Horowitz of the s Hopkins University for industry technical....

Damning Dow Docs #510 - 525

Document #510 - 12/12/90 DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION FRAUD/MISREPRESENTATION Woodbury and Delongchamp, Dow Corning's Medical Research Services, memo concerning.....

SEE (FURTHER) SOURCES-

(1)

Document #1 - #112

http://implants.clic.net/tony/Smoke/1.html

Document #113 - #226

http://implants.clic.net/tony/Smoke/2.html

Document #227- # 343

http://implants.clic.net/tony/Smoke/3.html

Document #344 - # 452

http://implants.clic.net/tony/Smoke/4.html

Document #453 - # 562

http://implants.clic.net/tony/Smoke/5.html

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Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:32:25 EST

Subject: Horror of Boob Op Victims from eeken 4@hotmail

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USSW NEWS

United Silicone Survivors of the World

February / March 1997

Offical Journal - International Circulation

Horror of the Boob Op Victims

"Scotland SUN exposes Breast Implant Scandal"

Star Witnesses Celebrity Women - Pamela , Cher, Sharron Davies, a Yates, Demi , Brigitte Nielson, , Dannii Minoque, Ivana Trump, Joan Rivers, Dolly Parton, Nikki Diamond, Britt Ekland, Daryl Hannah, Tori Spelling, Locklear, Sophia Loren, Principal, Kate O'Mara and Melinda Messenger.

(The Sun, UK, february 19, 1997)

At last, it has finally happened, the foreign newspapers are beginning to pick up on the horrid stories of silicone breast implant women. Margo Cameron of Glasgow, Scotland has been a leader in the crusade for public awareness about silicone and its dangers ever since she became ill after having silicone lip injections. Margo has boldly spoken out even in the face of ridicule by doctors and amidst death threats. She hasbeen awakened in the middle of the night to talk some poor woman through a suicidal episode of depression, traveled to England and about Scotland to appear on radio and Tv programs, and sepnt hours and hours in libraries searching for the truth. Margo has never flinched when it comes to talking to the powers-that- be in polictis, or the most down-to-earth woman who has been injured. She is a woman with a mission !

It isn't easy to get the attention of a major newspaper and the story has to be good and have backbone before a reporter will risk his/her reputation to take on an industry like the manufacturers of breast implants. Alison Kirker has been such a reporter and we applaud her for it. It must have been difficutl for Ms. Kirker to understand the magnitude of what she was undertaking. She must have been in awe as the hundreds of phone calls came after the first "shock issue" of The Sun appeared Wednesday, February 21st. But, is wasn't over, a third edition was printed on Wednesday, February 26th. The calls just kept coming. Now, both Ms. Kirker and Margo had the attention of the world. Faxes and phone calls were fyling between at least six countries. From around the world horror stories were coming in to substantiate what the ish women had told The Sun, Silicine is a Killer ! The paper took a look at the ish debate speaking with MP Betts, and Euro MP Bill who called up to say, "I've been campaining for women with silicone poisoning for years and we really need to raise awareness like this", "I am aiming to petition Parliament about this - I want a Europe wide ban on silicone implants and injections".

Dr. Myhill, a brave and compassionate doctor, dared to step forth and proclaim a stern warning for anyone considering silicone implants. "Do not do it - in the long term, it just isn't worth the risk", she said. "What these women are going through shocks and appalls me", she added. Dr. Philip a specialist senior lecturer at Dundee University said he was convinced that silicone can enter the bloodstream and go on to cause health problems. Once silicone droplets enter the bloodstream, he says, it damages blood vessels and can go on to cause problems as diverse as skin complaints, diseases of the nervous system and joint problems. "Once you damage the blood vessel like this, theyr leak and silicones can begin to enter the body organs in the body. Blood is highly toxic - just think of the discomfort you get with a bruise- and when it leaks out like this, proteins set up a reaction", "Depending on how your body reacts and which organs are affected, it can lead to disease of the nervous system like multiple sclerosis, joint diseases like theumatoid arthritis and skin problems".

Featured in the full eight-page color section was a list of "Star Witnesses". Celebrity women who have scummed to enticing allure of versized breast. The stars included: Pamela , Cher, Sharron Davies, a Yates, Demi , Brigitte Nielson, , Dannii Minoque, Ivana Trump, Joan Rivers, Dolly Parton, Nikki Diamond, Britt Ekland, Daryl Hannah, Tori Spelling, Locklear, Sophia Loren, Principal, Kate O'Mara and Melinda Messenger. One after another women came forward to talk about how they had been injured by silicone implants. The astonishing thing was most of these women didn't have any idea about a lawsuit, how to become a part of it, or of they would qualify. Most of these women have no idea who made their implants. Most were alarmed to find so many other women in the same physical dilemma they were in.

Attorney Marie Mac is handling more than 500 claims against Dow Corning. She commented that it has been complicated to deal with because the dealine for claims keeps changing, as do the forms for filling and she shows some frustration in trying to deal with the American law. One thing Ms. Mac has learned about American bankruptcy law is that you don't have to be broke and in debt to file. "This is purely a way for reorganizing their finances in the hope they won't have to pay out such huge compensation claims, it is damage limitation". She was quoted as saying.

Scotland has joined with several other countries including the United States in asking for a global ban of silicone breast implants. Support group leaders from across the world have hundreds and thousands of stories of women whose lives have been ruined by the illness, financial strain, and martial breakdown caused by illness due to the implants.

It is most difficult for a family to deal with a woman who is ill all the time. Families are used to the woman being the nurturing figure who holds the family together in times of crisis. They don't know what to do when the maid, cook, baby-sitter, lover, and friend are all out sick at once. The financial toll has cost thousands of families their life savings and many marriages have not been able to withstand the shock. Every week brings at least one letter telling me that "my husband couldn't take my being sick anymore, and he left". There is another grave aspect of the story and that is the guilt many women feel over having had children after being implanted. Now those children are also ill. Thi is a tragedy in many ways and sometimes requires professional counseling to deal with the issues. But, then seeking that counsel is made even more difficult when the media is printing information from doctors who claim our illnesses is all in our head. It's a catch.

"Thank you my Sun - my wife can now rest in peace after what you've done". This was the headline for the second edition of The Sun special. These words were spoken by Mr. Conheeney of Leeds. You will remember his wife's story from a past issue of USSW-NEWS. More than 500 phone calls had poured into the ish paper. Calls were coming from England, America, South Africa, Malta, France, Ireland, and Holland - with a flood of letters following. Margo told The Sun, "It sounds dratic, but we believe The Sun has saved women's lives by printing our stories. It's opened the public's eyes to what's going on. No government anywhere in the world has safety approved any silicone breast implant and no manufacturer has ever proved them to be safe. without our consent, we have been used as guinea pigs".

Dr. Garry of Tulane University was interviewed and siad "It's still being defined, but there is a disease out there among some women with silicone breast implants". By the time publication number three was out Switzerland, Rome, Germany, and other countries had been added to the list of women congratulating The Sun on this enlightening piece of work. Our congratulations to Margo on a job well done and especially to Alison Kirker and The sun for having the courage and strength to carry through.

Breast Implant Manufacturers left a Paper Trail !

20 QUOTES -(1) "If enclosed within a silicone bag, the fluids would tend to diffuse the walls of the silicone rubber and be absorbed into the tissues"

< Ethel Mullison, Dow Corning Center for Aid to Medical Research, 1961 >(2) "..cockroaches went into silicone fluid only, and... never got more than a few inches from the dish before dying"

< Texaco and Shell studies obtained from Dow Corning, 1968 >(3) "...distribution (of silicone implant fluid in dogs) occurs throughout the entire body..."

< Dow Corning letter from E.J. Hobbs, Toxicologist, 1968 >(4) "...The black clouds are omnious and should be given more attention"

< Internal Dow memo, 1975 >(5) " We are concerned about possible bleed situation as we are about safety test results"

< D. Talcott, former Dow Corning engineer and D. Larson, Internal Dow memo, 1975 >(6) "We are hearing complaints from the field about the demostration samples theyr are receiving... the units bleed profusely"

< D. Talcott, former Dow Corning engineer, 1975 >(7) "I do not know who is responsible for the decision (to put faulty implants on the market) but it has to rank right up there with the Pinto gas tank"

< Bob Schnabel, Dow Salesman, in a letter to his boss, 1975 >(8) " It was noted that after the mammaries had been handled for a while, the surface became oily. Also some were bleeding on the velvet in the showcase"

< A. Berg, Dow internal memo, 1976 >(9) McGhan 10/22/76 - " Products deviates from specifications due to visible flaws. Request approval to release products for shipment to Mexico"

< Consent signed by - Quality Assurance Manager, Product Investigator, Production Manager >(10) 3-M

" McGhan silicone technology is a technical accomplishment but a clinical and regulatory nightmare. I understand that they are manufacturing their own silicone polymers after a decision by GE to discontinue sale of their product for medical use. Firms using Dow Corning silicone for implantable devices have decided advantage since this corporation has a 'Master file' in (?) which has been maintained for years in addition to an international reputation as the medical silicone manufacturer. This means that a precedent has been set by Dow Corning of years of clinical use in addition to periodic reporting to FDA. Unfortunately, this is the benckmark by which other attempts will be judged".

"McGhan is in the unenviable position of having to accredit their polymers in addition to their finished product. I conservatively estimate that $75.000,- may be required for animal toxicological studies of eacht polymer if required by the FDA. This included a carcinogenic study which I am virtually certain Dow Corning has performed... How much animal toxicology has McGhan performed on their silicone polymers ? Is the short-term, is it penny-wise and pound-foolish not to use Dow Corning silicones "?

< Interoffice memo, 1976, JBS >(11) " Based on Mr. McGhan's comments it appears that virtually no document safety and efficacy data exist on his implant products ", "....I am only pointing out that serious deficiencies appear to exist with his products from the documentation standpoint"

< 3-M Confidential memo, 1976, G.M. Horgan to W.E. Coyne >(12) " I have proposed again and again that we must begin an in-depth study or our gel, envelope, and bleed phenomenon"

< A.H. Rathjen, internal Dow memo, 1978 >(13) Bristol Myer Squibb:

" Several moths ago an entire baked batch of 140 gel filled mammaries were put on hold by production because of incomplete adhesion of the gel to the shell"

" I had discussed the possibility of using these mammaries as inner units for Bilumens, which would be sold as one time special to an international distributor".

" Please advise Dave or myself, on what you will require in order to go ahead with this order, as well as what additional control measures will have to be instituted to keep the product segregated from the rest during processing. My felling on how it could be kept seperated from the normal production would be to document on the trace care that the units are for a special international order, as well as processing them all at the same time as one batch."

" Only to be used for international orders personally approved by DHS, FGB, & Myself. Production, these units must be segregated from normal production (ensure that units do not wind up on domestic units)".

" These units can be packaged (ready to go) for shipment to any country OTHER than USA, Western Europe, Australia & New Zealand. They are excellent for S. American, Near East, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Far East".

< Interoffice Memo 12/8/1979 >(14) ".. We have no valid long-term implant data to substantiate the safety of gels for long-term use"

< Boley, head of biomaterial safety for Dow Corning, 1983 >(15) " I think we probably should start at least acknowledging the potential for sensitization (of the immune system by silicone). I think we have excessive personal and corporate liability exposure"

< F. Boley, coauthor 1974 Dow Study of silicone's effects on the immune system, 1985 >(16) "The manufacturer and surgeons have been performing experimental surgery on humans"

< Tom D. Talcott, former Dow Corning engineer, Business Week, 1991 >(17) "...there were no tests for implant materials....All we could do was put it in and look and see what happens. There were no standards. There were no protocols. There was nothing"

< Silas Braley deposition, former director Dow Corning's center for Aid to Medical research, 1993 >(18) McGhan-Inamed 8/1996 The Netherlands -

" Q - Can i be confident that silicone is a safe and reliable material ?

A - Definitely yes. Silicone is a very well studied and scientifically understood product. Silicones are widely used in food and cosmetics, as well as in hundreds of critical medical applications. The majority of medical implants, including all breast implants rely on some form of silicone. If you have specific concerns, ask for information regarding scientific studies involving thousands of women which document long-term safety.

Q - Once implanted, will McGhan 410 ever need to be replaced ?

A - The McGhan 410 cohesive gel implant covers over 30 years of experience and the latest scientific and bioengineering technology. Actual clinical experience and laboratory testing with the McGhan 410 have shown durability results beyond expectations. But, like the human body, a medical implant cannot be expected to last forever. Replacement or revision in the future should be considered"

< McGhan 410, 1996 patient handout in The Netherlands >(19) " What case reports tell us. The first wave of reports of 'human adjuvant disease' in women who had undergone cosmetic breast surgery came from Japan. The obscure and medically unsound method of cosmetic breast surgery used in these cases involved injecting large volumes of various substances of unknown purity, including silicone fluid, paraffin (liquid wax) and petroleum jelly. The case reports, involving a total of about 60 women, suggested that these injections served as adjuvants to worsen symptoms of pre-existing disease. It is not surprising that the voluminous, direct injection of unkown purity that these women received could worsen pre-existing conditions"

< McGhan 410, 1996 patient handout in The Netherlands >

(20) Heyer-Schulte: Baxter International #77972, contents of the Saline Prosthesis -

"Dr. Smahel was equally successful at discovering the presence of intracapillary microdroplets. This serves to prove the migration of liquid silicone from the gel through the prosthetic wall, pseudocapsule and glandular mammary tissue as well as the circulatory system. The invasion of the blood vessels and lymphatic ganglions by the liquid silicone was ascertained years ago. The histological image of the para-capsular fibrosis after injection of the lquid silicone is identical to that of the silicone liquid originating from the gel. It should be a metter of concern that the liquid silicone will cause thrombosis of the capillaries of the brain as well as the liver and kidneys. The human body is not capable of catabolizing the silicone. The resulting condition is one of pollution. In addition to that, the most recent studies have shown that silicone follows the intercellular space, a new discovery that is somewhat frightening. We believe that between the cells there are submicroscopic, infinitely small channels with eventually lead to the lymphatic system"

USSW NEWS

United Silicone Survivors of the World

January 1997

Offical Journal - International Circulation

Letter from - Representative A. Traficant, Jr. (OH)

NEW - Breast Implant Accountability Act

January 10, 1997

Dear Colleague;

On October 10, 1995, the $4,23 billion global breast implant settlement collapsed, closing the door on 440.000 women who desperately need medical treatment. On those 440.000 women who qualified for funding under the settlement, an estimated 75 percent of the women still have ruptured or leaking implants in their bodies with no financial means to pay for surgical explantation. While a few women will be fortunate enough to win exorbitant law suits, as evidenced by the recent $10 billion (should be million) Nevada case, this practice will eventually bankrupt the manufacturers, leaving hundreds of thousands of women with no recourse. As a result, I have introduced H.R. 366, the 'Breast Implant Accountability Act', to provide a fair solution for all parties involved and invite you to join me by cosponsering the legislation.

The 'Breast Implant Accountability Act' does the following:

(1) Requires silicone breast implant manufacturres to notify breast implant recipients that funds wll be provided for the surgical removal of breast implants which were implanted before January, 1, 1994. Pateint participation is completely voluntary; explantation will be performed only at the request of the individual.

(2) Allows the notice recipient to select the physician and hospital or surgery center for the explantation procedure. The provision would prevent manufacturers from forcing women to travel great distances or to one central location for the explantation.

(3) Requires further research on the physiological, neurological and immunological effects of silicone on the human body. Individuals in the class action suit shall be included in the research, should they volunteer.

(4) Requires all future implant candidates to be informed of the health risks of implants and to sign a consent form stating that she has read an understands the risks involved.

(5) Prohibits the donation of blood and organs by individuals with breast implants.

As with an faulty product that threatens the health or safety of consumers, the manufacturer should issue a recall of the product. The fact is, per woman, the cost of explantation provided for under H.R. 366 is generally far less than the settlement award. If you support a fair and equitable solution for your constituents, without bankrupting the manufacturers, I urge you to cosponsor H.R. 366 contacting me or Kinerly Bilton at x55261.

Signed

A. Traficant Jr.

17th District, Ohio

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From: <HJrobertsmd@...>

Send: woensdag 11 januari 2006 18:27:34

Eeken_04@...

Subject: Re: Death from Sil. Breast Implants

Thank you for sending the information in your January 11 letter. Again, I would urge you to read my publications on aspartame disease as the cause -- or a major contributing factor -- in these and comparable cases of systemic problems attributed to silicone breast implants. For example, did the sister of Lynn Malone consume aspartame products... and in what quantity? It is a simple question. Considering this task you have undertaken as "a concerned citizen," I would be pleased to send you a copy of my small book, Breast Implants or Aspartame (NutraSweet ) Disease. Kindly give me your mailing address.

H. J. , M.D., FACP, FCCP

========================================

From: <HJrobertsmd@...>

Send: maandag 2 januari 2006 23:10:24

Subject: comment on your compilation of silicone breast implants

Dear Eeken,

I have just received a copy of your compilation of articles on silicone breast implants, and hasten to express my appreciation for this effort. I have written on the remarkable overlap of reported systemic complications attributed to these implants and those suffered by more than 1400 aspartame victims reported in my many publications on aspartame disease. (see www.sunsentpress.com) I could find only one reference ** to this work--a note by Betty i-- in your compilation !

May I suggest that you read my small book on this subject titled, "Breast Implants or Aspartame (NutraSweet-TM) Disease?", to orient you to this perceived gross medicolegal travesty?

I extend my best wishes.

H. J. , M.D., FACP, FCCP

**

Artificial sweetener

Did anyone ask the silicone breast implant victims if they were using Aspartame ?

LETTER - 20 July 2004

FROM - Dr. Betty i,

Founder Mission Possible International http://www.dorway.com , http://www.wnho.net

TO - Senator Durbin dick@...

Dear Senator Durbin,

..........This is not to say that there aren't problems with silicone breast implants, especially if they rupture. An informant who called said he had worked with aspartame, formaldehyde, silicone and Kodak, and the problem is that when these silicone breast implants rupture and come in contact with the formaldehyde from aspartame, you will get all kinds of deformities. The President of DOW was concerned enough to contact Dr. but what happened after getting the facts we will probably never know. Did he contact Monsanto? Who knows. But they paid off in class action. Dr. wrote a small book on silicone breast implants and aspartame http://www.sunsentpress.com/breast_asp.html

http://www.wnho.net/senator_durbin_letter.htm

NOTE -

Viva New Mexico ! We, the People, won ! Aspartame Finally Imperiled !

New Mexico October 5, 2005

http://www.wnho.net/viva_new_mexico.htm

Aspartame linked to increased cancer risk in rats.

Nature, 19 November 2005.

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051114/full/051114-15.html

MP calls for ban on 'unsafe' sweetener

Felicity Lawrence, felicity.lawrence@... Consumer Affairs correspondent

December 15, 2005 - The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1667734,00.html

Overview - Part II

Silicone Breast Implants

By F. Eeken bc. (reply, comment, info. Eeken_04@... )

a non-professional investigative writer: just a concerned citizen.

Europe, The Netherlands, january 2005

1991

Compound from Breast Implants Linked to Cancer

Author(s) - P.Park, P. Brown - New Scientist, 11 May 1991

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg13017682.100

1992

Dow Corning Papers Show Fears of Implant Problems

By Malcolm Gladwell - The Washington Post - February 11, 1992.

Dow Corning Corp. on Monday released internal memos, letters, and documents that revealed a history of worries that the company's silicone breast implants could rupture under certain circumstances and that the silicone could "bleed" through the outer shell of the prosthesis into the patient...

Dow Corning Bankruptcy Filing Impedes Silicone Implant Cases

http://www.productliabilitylawyer.com/bigBustforSiliconeImplant.cfm

1994

In Breast Implants Scandal,

Where was Dow Corning's Concern for Women?

May/June 1994 - By W. Singer, Co-Editor-in-Chief of ethikos

http://www.singerpubs.com/ethikos/html/dowcorning.html

1995

=========================================

( From my Overview I) What Dow Knew.. & ..When Dow Knew It

Fact Long Suppressed About The Dangers of Silicone!

http://www.siliconeholocaust.org/whatdowknew.html

APPENDIX / NOTES from above article at the bottom -

(1) Request for Applications Testing on Dow Coming Silica,"Sept. 1, 1954 (TDCH- 1-55)

Quote can be Found in -

"Cosmetic Use of Injection Silicone Oils; Approved Material with Unapproved Procedure.Time to Ban "Off-Label" Use?" http://leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/727/Tilleman05.html

--------

(2) "The Physiological Assimilation of Dow Coming 200 Fluid." by Chenoweth 1956

Quote can be Found in -

"Concealing from FDA Fraud / Misrepresentation"

http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/ptfe/

Quote also Found in -

"Plaintiffs' supplemental submission in response to manufactures' submission and in response to the November 10 and 11 Panel Meeting"

http://womnhlth.home.mindspring.com/PSC/SUPP1.HTM

--------

(3) Letter from Ethel Mullison, staff associate, Dow Coming Center for Aid to Medical Research, to Dr. Cronin, Jan. 24, 1961

Quote can not exactly be Found in -

"Court Documents: Manufacturers' Internal Memos"

http://www.siliconebreastimplant.homestead.com/CourtDocuments.html

Quote can not exactly be Found in -

"Chronology of FDA activities Related to Breast Implants - May 28, 1976..........." http://www.implants.clic.net/tony/Report/05.htm

http://implants.clic.net/tony/USA/03.html

--------

(4) Letter from Harry Dingman to Food and Drug Administration. Nov.7, 1964 (M35009-012) 'The Physiological Assimilation of Dow Coming 200 Fluid," 1956

Quote can not exactly be Found in -

"The Following Documents are the Proof that Breast Implants are Intoxicating Human Beings" .

http://implants.clic.net/tony/Smoke/1.html

--------

(5) "Siliconoma: Another Cutaneous Response to Dimethylpolysiloxane," by Ben-Hur, 1965

Can be Found in -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=5845695 & dopt=Citation

--------

(7) Two-year study with Silastic Memory Implants TX-202A and TX202B in Dogs." April 20, 1970 (F462-483)

Can be Found in -

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=nv & vol=114nvadvopno155 & invol=2

=========================================

1997

Mayo Study:

One in Four Women Need Surgery for Breast Implant Problems

WASHINGTON, March 1997 -- A new Mayo Clinic study adds to a body of evidence demonstrating that a large percentage of breast implants create problems that later require surgery. Of these, the second most common was rupture -- when the implant splits open within the body.

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/1F866.htm

Lifestyle Must Be Considered In Evaluating Breast Implant Safety

CHICAGO -- May 27, 1997 --To accurately assess the safety of breast implants, researchers need to factor in lifestyle characteristics that may contribute to the risk of developing an illness, according to an article in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)...

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/29D16.htm

Studies Find No Link Between

Silicone Implants and Connective Tissue Diseases

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. -- September 17, 1997 -- Further strengthening the apparent clean bill of health recently given silicone breast implants, the most recent Western Journal of Medicine, to be released today, reports no evidence linking silicone breast implants with connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma, lupus and vasculitis..

http://www.docguide.com/dg.nsf/0/21561153a5f84ff4852565150072903d?OpenDocument & Click=

1999

Dow Corning Siloxane Research Program:

An Overview and Update

Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Magazine - May 1999

Started in 1993, an ongoing series of studies examines the acute and long-term safety of exposure to the fundamental building blocks of many silicone materials...

http://www.devicelink.com/mddi/archive/99/05/007.html

Silicone adjuvant breast disease: a new condition?

A DGReview of :"A Case Series Survey of Silicone Breast Implant Patients"

Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - 16 december 1999 - By Mark Greener

Symptoms experienced by some women following breast implants may reflect a new, possibly autoimmune, disease, a recent survey of cases suggests.

http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525679F00592DA185256846006C51C0

2001

Women With Breast Implants At Higher Risk

Of Serious Conditions: Presented at NCI

Most previous investigations have been funded by breast implant manufacturers or others with a financial interest in the outcome

WASHINGTON, DC -- April 25, 2001 -- New findings from the largest independent study of women with breast implants, led by National Cancer Institute (NCI) researcher Dr. Louise Brinton, reveal the women suffer significantly higher rates of brain cancer and respiratory-tract cancer when compared to other female plastic surgery patients. The rates also are higher when compared to the general population.

http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/502F61BCBE71595E85256A390052D40F

2002

Silicone-Related Symptoms

Increase One Year Following Breast Implant

A DGReview of : "A Prospective Study on Silicone Breast Implants and the Silicone-Related Symptom Complex" - Clinical Rheumatology - 23 july 2002 - By Anne MacLennan

Complaints from women of silicone-related symptoms, particularly Sjogren's and RA/Raynaud's, increase in the year after breast implantation...

http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256BFA005B6DEB

2004

Study Finds No Long-term Health Effects from Breast Implants

BETHESDA, MD -- October 1, 2004 -- Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, found no convincing evidence that breast implants have an effect on the development of subsequent connective tissue disorders (CTDs). The results are reported in the October 1, 2004 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.*

http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256F20006E9BB0?OpenDocument & subsid=FDE48C5AAAA580E785256BD5007E630B & lan=English

2005

Women Who Undergo Reconstructive Breast Implantation

Frequently Develop Short-Term Complications

CHICAGO, IL -- December 21, 2005 -- Almost one-third of women who underwent reconstructive breast implantation after mastectomy had at least one short-term complication in the chest or breast area, with one in five women requiring additional surgery, according to a study in the December issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/256202.htm

Overview ( 1989 - 2005 )

Silicone Breast Implants

By F. Eeken bc. Eeken_04@...

a non-professional investigative writer: just a concerned citizen.

Europe, The Netherlands, december 2005

Introduction

Let's talk about breast implants !

Who were the first women to increase the size of their bosoms ?

American women were not the first to try to enlarge the size of their breasts from within. That distinction belongs to the Japanese. The prostitutes of post-World War II Japan catered to a large American occupation force..... http://www.eros-la.com/articles/2005-04-12/trivia0412/

Chronologic Summery of Silicone Breast Implants

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/implants/cron.html

Silicone Holocaust

http://www.siliconeholocaust.org

The Silicone Breast Implant Controversy

Articles -

- The Silicone Breast Implant Controversy: An Introduction by Lany Donnelly

- A Chronology of the Silicone Breast Implant Controversyd

- Memoir of a Junk Scientist , by B. M. Patten, M.D.

- Silicone Implant Disease , by Ron Kennedy, M.D.

- Silicone Gel Breast Implants: Were Proper Disclosures Made ?, by D.P. , PhD., MBA

http://community-2.webtv.net/lany25/TheSiliconeBreast/

Pages of lany

http://community-2.webtv.net/lany25/

The Other Side of the Story:

The Truth behind Breast Implants

What The Breast Implant Makers Don't Want You To Know

Personal Injury Lawyers, Dallas, Texas, Alice McLarty, maryalice@...

Despite spending millions of dollars to portray themselves as defenseless "victims," the breast implant makers cannot deny that the real victims here are the thousands of women with implants who were deliberately lied to and who are now suffering debilitating illnesses. The facts are:....

http://www.maryalice.com/cases/implants.html

1989

Chemist Gets Fired After Calling Breast Implant Unsafe

Canadian scientist appeals his dismissal, charges the agency that employed him with trying to stifle his criticism of the product

The Scientist info@..., Volume 3, Issue 17, Page 7, Sep. 4, 1989

By Spurgeon - a freelance science writer based in Ottawa.

OTTAWA—Research chemist J.J.B. Pierre Blais joined the health protection branch of Canada's Department of National Health and Welfare in 1976 in the midst of a productive career in the federal science bureaucracy. He had spent seven years at the National Research Council, and looked forward to many more satisfying years with his new agency. For a while it was just that. An expert in the biocompatibility of implant materials, Blais has worked on projects that have led to amendments in Canada's Medical Devices Regulations and served as section head within the department. "He's a brilliant scientist who is always searching for the truth," says one of his superiors, Agit Das Gupta. Blais also built a reputation as an innovative and productive investigator, with some 180 published articles, book chapters, patents, and monographs. But six weeks ago Blais, at the age of 49, was fired from his job. And he blames that same bureaucracy that had employed him for 20 years for trying to stifle his scientific criticism of a product that he and others believe is unsafe............

http://www.pahealthsystems.com/printthread.php?threadid=122698

- Guidoin,Laval University - robert.guidoin@...

- Montreal Gazette - http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/

SEE ALSO -

Health and Welfare's National Disgrace

Saturday Night Magazine, by Regush - April 1991

http://www.redflagsweekly.com/medevices.html

1991

Scientists Tie Breast Implant to Cancer

New York times, By Philip J Hilts , April 14, 1991

Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration have determined that a kind of cosmetic breast implant that hundreds of thousands of American women have received over the last two decades breaks down in the body to produce a substance that has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health & res=9D0CEEDC1338F937A25757C0A967958260 & n=Top%2fNews%2fHealth%2fDiseases%2c%20Conditions%2c%20and%20Health%20Topics%2fPlastic%20Surgery

Time Bombs in the Breasts?

Reports linking some types of silicone implants to cancer stir fears -- but they may turn out to be exaggerated - TIME, By Purvis- Apr. 29, 1991

, 49, was horrified. After a death-defying battle with breast cancer and a prolonged recovery that included reconstructive surgery, the Chicago nurse learned last week that the very implant used to repair her breast could raise her risk of developing cancer once again...

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,972846,00.html

U.S. Agency and its Critics Disagree

On Cancer Risk From Breast Implant

NEW YORK TIMES, By Blakeslee blakes@... - May 16, 1991

In an effort to calm women alarmed over reports that a chemical on some breast implants can cause cancer, the Food and Drug Administration has sent a letter to plastic surgeons saying that the lifetime cancer risk from the implants is probably from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in a million. But critics, including some of the agency's own scientists, say the estimates are much too low. ..........

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health & res=9D0CE1DE1F3AF935A25756C0A967958260 & n=Top%2fNews%2fHealth%2fDiseases%2c%20Conditions%2c%20and%20Health%20Topics%2fPlastic%20Surgery

1992

Stamping Out A Dread

By Barbara Ehrenreich - Feb. 17, 1992

In the spirit of a public health campaign, the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPRS) has launched a p.r. drive to " tell the other side of the ((breast-implant)) story." Public health? Slicing women's chests open so that they can be stuffed with a close chemical relative of Silly Putty? Yes, indeed, because the plastic surgeons understand what the FDA is so reluctant to acknowledge: small breasts are not just a harmless challenge to the bikini wearer or would-be topless entertainer. They are a disease, a disfiguring illness for which the technical term is micromastia..

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1101920217-159040,00.html

US halts breast implants

BBC, UK, 1992

The United States Government has advised doctors to suspend the use of silicone breast implants pending an investigation into their safety. The move has raised fears around the world that silicone breast implants could leak or rupture, causing injury or illness. .............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/6/newsid_2477000/2477901.stm

Oprah Winfrey & Cosmetic surgery

The number one talk show, seen by an estimated 49 million US-viewers a week and broadcasted internationally in 121 countries. Cosmetic surgery became increasingly popular when Oprah Winfrey ran an episode - "Plastic Surgeons Create Their Perfect Wives" (20 April 1992) -

E.G. GUESTS ON O.W.-SHOW -

- A. Burns, CEO Dow Corning, liaison between FDA / Dow Corning (1994)

- Sharon Green, Director National Breast Cancer Organization (27 september 1995)

- L. Baker, physician among a select group Board-certified plastic surgeons, testified 3x before the FDA on breast implant related issues (hearings 1976, 1992, 2000), Clinical Research Investigator for Liquid Silicone Injections for the FDA and Dow Corning Corporation (1978 - 1981). From 1994 - 1996, he served the National Institute of Health on breast implant safety issue, appearence on O.W-Show in 1996 (each show was on a breast related subject)

- Frederic H Corbin, Diplomate US Board Plastic Surgery, US Society Plastic Surgeons

- Pearlman D. Hicks Jr., Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery

- Dr. P. Bloch, plastic surgeon

- S. Hamas, M.D., Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in Dallas

- Dr. , past president Minnesota Academy Plastic Surgeons

- Kari Wuhrer, actress, had implants removed (2002)

- Dr. Pearlman D. Hicks, Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgeon

- Dr. Strock, private practice / Breast Implants

- Several People: addicted to Extreme Makeovers (8 february 2005)

National Cancer Institute Breast Implant Study

In 1992, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) initiated a study on the long-term health effects associated with silicone breast implants. It is estimated that between 1.5 million and 2 million women in this country have had breast implants since they first appeared on the market in 1962.

One of the longest and largest studies to date on the health effects of implants, the NCI report involves 13,500 women with an average follow-up time of 13 years. Most previous investigations have looked at the health effects over a shorter time period, typically less than 10 years, and have been too small to evaluate uncommon diseases.....

http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/siliconefactsheet

Series "Breast Implants"

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

Cornell University 2B Carl A. Kroch Library

Ithaca, NY 1485

Phone - (607) 255-3530

Fax - (607) 255-9524

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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu

- Series List - Series II. Audiotapes: Boxes 8, 10-14

- Box 11 - Week of June 15, 1992 CLOSER LOOK Series "Breast Implants" by Lloyd Gale

1993

Two doctors ordered to stop silicone injections:

Cosmetic surgery technique

FDA Consumer, March, 1993

by Judith E. Foulke jfoulke@... ?, FDA spokeswoman, staffwriter

An undercover investigation by FDA's Los Angeles district office led to court orders stopping two California physicians from injecting patients with liquid silicone for lip augmentation and other types of cosmetic surgery, such as treatments for wrinkles and acne scars. Liquid silicone is not approved by FDA for any cosmetic surgical procedure.........

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1370/is_n2_v27/ai_13560317

The trouble with implants: Links with disease

For thirty years plastic surgeons said silicone implants were safe. Now women are rushing to have them removed as researchers explore the links with disease

NEW SCIENIST, Katz - 26 June 1993

Panic has swept through millions of women with silicone implants in the last few years - and not without reason. Dozens of recipients have been diagnosed with autoimmune disorders, the US government has recently banned most implants because of doubts over their safety, and manufacturers are now swamped with lawsuits. But despite the legal brouhaha, crucial medical questions remain unanswered. Do silicone implants really cause immune disorders as the anecdotal reports fuelling the lawsuits suggest? And if so, how ?............ [ Subscription Required ]

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg13818794.700

1994

Sclerodermalike esophageal disease in children

breast-fed by mothers with silicone breast implants

Vol. 271 No. 3, January 19, 1994 - J. J. Levine and N. T. Ilowite

Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY 11042.

OBJECTIVE--To determine whether breast-fed children of mothers with silicone implants are at increased risk for the development of sclerodermalike esophageal involvement compared with children not exposed to silicone implants.

CONCLUSIONS--A relationship appears to exist between breast-feeding by mothers with silicone implants and abnormal esophageal motility. Studies evaluating larger numbers of children are needed to determine the extent of the risk.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/271/3/213?maxtoshow= & HITS=10 & hits=10 & RESULTFORMAT= & fulltext=breast+implants & searchid=1128410605620_166 & stored_search= & FIRSTINDEX=0 & journalcode=jama

Breast Implant woman diver Exploded

Minerva taken in by myth

BMJ, 11 june 1994;308:1574

Minerva reports that the breast implant of a woman diver exploded during ascent from 30 m, causing major injuries to her chest wall and fracturing two ribs.

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/308/6943/1574/b

Implants may Lower Cancer risk

Harvard-Gazette Archives - 26 august 1994

In the past few years, silicone breast implants have been one of medicine's most notable controversies because of claims they cause crippling immune disorders when they leak. Now research by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital suggests that leaking implants may have yet another, quite surprising, effect: They may provide some protection against breast cancer......

http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/1994/August26_1994/BreastCancer.html

Silicone Breakdown and Capsular Synovial Metaplasia

in Textured-Wall Saline Breast Prothesis

By Copeland, Choi, Bleiweiss - Plastic & Reconstructive Surg Jnl, Vol.: 94, No. 5, 628-633

October, 1994

Saline-filled prostheses are currently the only type of prostheses available for cosmetic use in the U. S. because of concerns raised about the possibility of systemic toxicity of silicone-filled artificial mammary implants. Although the approved implants are saline-filled, their potential to release silicone particles from the shells has not been systematically evaluated. We performed microscopic examination of the pericapsular tissue of 54 patients with textured-surface implants and compared these with 51 patients with smooth- walled implants over a two year period

http://womnhlth.home.mindspring.com/saline_implant/METAPLASIA%20IN%20TEXTURED-WALL%20SALINE%20BREAST%20PROTHESIS.html

1995

Breast implant litigation faces uncertain future

Trial; 7 januari 1995 - Hellwege

Former breast-implant maker Dow Corning's bankruptcy filing in mid-May 1995 leaves its $4.2 billion global class-action settlement in question. The filing came as all parties returned to the table following a discovery that funds for immediate payments were inadequate. The bankruptcy stays lawsuits against the company, but plaintiffs can again file individual lawsuits against other companies. Dow Corning parent company Dow Chemical may also be liable, though judges in some states have ruled otherwise........ [ Premium article ]

http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:17332754 & dtype=0~0 & dinst= & author=Hellwege%2C%20& title=Breast%20implant%20litigation%20faces%20uncertain%20future. & date=07/01/1995 & refid=ency_botnm

SEE ALSO -

http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/page1/97/08/26/implants.2-1.html

The scandal of silicone implants

Green Left Weekly glw@...

By Dr Lynette Dumble ljdumble@... - senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne's Department of Surgery and a member of Feminist International Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering (FINRAGE), Australia

December 1995

......Evidence in three landmark settlements -- US$4.2 billion against the implant manufacturing companies Dow Corning, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Baxter International in the US in 1994; another US$6 million in 1995 to an Alabama woman who developed potentially cancerous lumps and immune damage from rupturing breast implants that spread silicone throughout her body; and Bristol-Myers Squibb's out of court Can$28 million reserve for Ontario and Québec women suffering any implant-attributed disease as a result of implants supplied by its subsidiary Medical Engineering Incorporated -- has uncovered the scandalous history behind implant surgery.... http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1995/214/214p3.htm

SEE ALSO -

- Dumble L 1996. Dismissing the evidence: The medical response to women with silicone implant-related disorders. Health Care for Women International. 17 (6): 515-525.

- Dumble L 1996. The scandal of silicone breast implants. Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights Newsletter, (April-June): 25-26

Book -

Informed Consent

1995 ?

By A. Byrne - Byrne's "Informed Consent: A Story of Personal Tragedy and Corporate Betrayal...Inside the Silicone Breast Implant Crisis" tells the wrenching story of and Colleen Swanson. was a Dow Corning Corp. executive who shaped that company's vaunted ethics program; Colleen, his wife, had Dow Corning breast implants--but became more and more convinced that they were destroying her health and that the company had failed to inform women of the risks. In time, like over 8,000 other women, she would bring suit against the company--and would come to believe that Dow Corning had acted unethically. Byrne's account asks: What happens when a moral choice separates you from your company's official position and from your colleagues in a close-knit organization ?

The controversy surrounding silicone breast implants has plunged Dow Corning Corp. into bankruptcy. More than 8,000 women still have lawsuits pending against the company, which has spent $1 billion defending itself. On Sept. 13, a federal judge ruled that suits against parent companies Dow Chemical Co. and Corning Inc. could proceed despite the bankruptcy filing. All this because of a product that produced less than 1% of Dow Corning's revenues.

http://msnbci.businessweek.com/1995/40/b34441.htm

http://msnbci.businessweek.com/1995/40/b34442.htm

1996

Bristol-Myers Squibb wins Florida breast implant case

Trial; 3 januari 1996

A jury in ville, Florida, recently rejected a woman's claims that she was injured by her breast implants (Love v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., No. 94-238-CA (Fla., Duval County Super. Ct. Jan. 26, 1996). The verdict prompted the winning defendant to urge other plaintiff to accept the settlement currently offered by implant manufacturers rather than take their chances in court. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. announced its victory in a press release the day of the verdict...... [ Premium article ]

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1:18130790/Bristol-Myers+Squibb+wins+Florida+breast+implant+case%7eR%7e(Brief+Article).html

Beware: P.R. Implants in News Coverage

Mediawatch group FAIR, By Flanders

January/February, 1996

In 1985, Charlotte Mahlum received silicone breast implants manufactured by Dow Corning. One ruptured, leaking silicone into her breast, body and skin. Ten years later, the 46-year-old former coffee-shop waitress wears diapers. She has been diagnosed with incontinence, hand tremors, atrophy in one foot and brain lesions. She can no longer work; her husband has to clean up after her. And on Oct. 28, eight men and women voted unanimously in a Reno courtroom that Dow Chemical was at least partly responsible for her rapidly declining health........

http://www.fair.org/extra/9601/breast.html

Slight Risk of Connective-Tissue Disease

In Women With Breast Implants

JAMA 1996;275:618-625.

WESTPORT, Feb 28, 1996 (Reuters) - There may be a small increased risk of connective-tissue diseases in women who have breast implants, according to a report in this week's JAMA. Dr. H. Hennekens of Harvard and others reviewed data from the ongoing Women's Health Study, which involves nearly 396,000 female health professionals. Some 10,830 of them reported having had breast implants, and 11,805 reported having a connective-tissue disease...... http://list.mc.duke.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602 & L=occ-env-med-l & F= & S= & P=20760 )

No Major Hazard Found for Breast Implants

Harvard-Gazette Archives, By J. Cromie, Gazette Staff

29 februari 1996

Breast implants do not put women at major risk for crippling or lethal diseases, according to the largest comparison to date of women who did and did not get the grafts...

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1996/02.29/NoMajorHazardFo.html

Confidence Game:

Burson-Marsteller's PR Plan for Silicone Breast Implants

Center for Media and Democracy - Publishers of PR Watch

By C. Stauber and Sheldon Rampton - 1996

Once reviled as corporate villains, the manufacturers of silicone breast implants have made a stunning comeback recently in the court of public opinion. A series of scientific studies and news stories have emerged, arguing that breast implants are in fact harmless, and that companies such as Dow Corning and Bristol-Myers are hapless victims of misguided women, greedy attorneys and manipulated juries. This turnaround is no accident. PR Watch has obtained internal documents from Burson-Marsteller, the PR firm which engineered Dow Corning's PR strategy in the early 1990s. These documents provide an intriguing peek into a massive, expensive, and carefully orchestrated campaign that integrates state-of-the-art grassroots PR with subtle manipulations of science and the legal process..

http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1996Q1/silicone10.html

PR Firm Finds "Grassroots" Support for Breast Implants

Mediawatch group FAIR, By Flanders

July/August 1996

It's no small thing to win a public relations fight. A corporation under pressure benefits from the biases of the profit-making news media, but the pro-corporate leanings of commercial journalism don't guarantee favorable coverage. What you need are propaganda-generating troops, and if you have the money, you can buy some.

http://www.fair.org/extra/9608/breast-implants.html

Trampling Science in a Rush to Judgment

Science on Trial - The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case

Marcia Angell, M.D. W.W. Norton -- 256pp -- $27.50

BUSINESSWEEK, By Naomi Freundlich - 1996

About a year ago, I started receiving mailings from Dow Corning Corp., one of the primary manufacturers of breast implants and the target of hundreds of thousands of lawsuits from women who have gotten them. Unsurprisingly, the clippings contained articles that denied any connection between breast implants and the terrible diseases they were accused of causing. At first, I shrugged the material off as company propaganda. But it wasn't much later that scientific articles and a wave of news reports led me to begin to question the accusations being made against implants. Dr. Marcia Angell, the author of Science on Trial, began her questioning back in 1992.....

http://www.businessweek.com/1996/33/b348827.htm

Epidemiology of Silicone Exposures

at ISEE meeting August 17-21, 1996 - Goldsmith

http://list.mc.duke.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9601 & L=occ-env-med-l & D=0 & P=7943

Book "Science on Trial"

The most complete discussion of the issue of Breast Implants. The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case - By Marcia Angell, M.D., also author of ' The Truth About Drug Companies', former executive editor of The New England Journal of Medicine

Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case

Civil Justice Memo - 28 August 1996

The breast implant scare is simply the most extreme of a number of similar alarms that have swept across the country over the last 20 years. Others have centered on asbestos, DES, the morning sickness drug Bendectin, the Dalkon Shield contraceptive device, Agent Orange, and electromagnetic fields, to name just a few... http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cjm_28.htm

When Courts Seek Help From Court Appointed Scientific Experts

Courts, Communities and Scientists - September 1996

By Locke - plocke@...

The relationship between law and science has often been strained, especially in lawsuits. In situations where complex or emerging scientific theories are involved, judges and juries can be overwhelmed by technical issues. Typically, in such cases each side hires its own scientist to support its theory of the case. The lawsuit often becomes a battle of the experts; juries and judges, who have limited scientific training, are then forced to assess the credibility of the experts (and what they have said) in reaching a verdict. In federal courts there is a different way of obtaining and using scientific expertise. The Federal Rules of Evidence empower judges to appoint experts to advise the court about the scientific issues. These experts do not represent, and are not hired by, either party and therefore, the theory goes, they are likely to be more forthcoming in giving "objective" advice. Although this rule has existed for some time, it has not been frequently used. Recently, however, at least one judge has decided to try it. District Judge Sam Pointer, who sits in Birmingham, Alabama, is putting together a panel of "neutral" experts to analyze the studies of the health effects of silicone-gel breast implants.... http://sehn.org/Volume_1-6.html

"Whom Do You Trust ?

( SOURCE - Commentary, Washington Post, 30 December 1996, A11 )

Columnist Harwood discusses the recent Oregon court decision to limit the testimony of expert witnesses in a silicone breast implant trial. He broadens the scope of his discussion to the reliability of scientific methods and variance among scientific experts, reminding journalists to be skeptical, "recognizing that `expert' opinion is not necessarily `truth' and often has a short shelf life." In the course of his discussion he mentions current scientific controversies over global warming; Love Canal, toxic waste and birth defects; Agent Orange and health effects; Gulf War Syndrome and nerve gas exposure; apples and cancer.

1997

Study tracks complications linked to breast implants

March 5, 1997

ROCHESTER, Minnesota (CNN) -- Almost one out of five women with breast implants had to return to the operating room within five years to fix problems with the implants, Mayo Clinic researchers said in a study published Wednesday. ......

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9703/05/briefs.pm/implants/

Failure properties of leaf valve inflatable saline breast implants

- Division of Plastic Surgery, Wellesley Central Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario - Walter s PhD MD FRCSC walter.peters@...

- Can J Plast Surg 1997;5(4):241-245

In 1963, Cronin and Gerow (1) introduced the Silastic (silicone gel, Dow Corning, Tennessee) breast implant, opening the new era of breast augmentation surgery. This original 'Cronin' implant was made of a thick gel contained in a thick, rigid, elastomeric envelope, which had a Dacron (Dupont, Delaware) backing on the posterior surface to anchor the implant to the chest wall to attempt to reduce ptosis. It was available in only a limited number of sizes. Many women who received these implants developed early and severe capsular contracture (1,2). ......

http://womnhlth.home.mindspring.com/saline_implant/pete_ed.htm

New inquiry into breast implant safety

Daily Telegraph , By Celia Hall chall@... , Medical Editor

30 May 1997

Lady Jay, the health minister, has ordered an inquiry into the safety of silicone breast implants following criticism during a television programme last night. She told Sir Calman, the Chief Medical Officer, [ Note present - former Chief Medical Officer, now Vice Chancellor at Durham kenneth.calman@... , vice.chancellor@... ] to set up an inquiry yesterday, even though the Health Department has twice said that implants are safe. BBC's Watchdog watchdog@... Healthcheck investigated women who claim they have side- effects from silicone implanted in breasts, cheeks, chins and lips. In some cases the silicone was said to move around the body after an implant ruptured.........

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/05/30/nsili30.html

Testimony at Silicone-Implant Hearing

Apparently Fails to Prove Link to Illness

( SOURCE - Technology & Health, Wall Street Journal, 25 July 1997, B3 )

An expert panel of four doctors has not been convinced by scientific testimony seeking to prove a link between silicone breast implants and immune-system illness. The trial is taking place in the Birmingham, Ala., courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sam C. Pointer Jr., "who has taken the novel approach of directing the panelists, after considering all the evidence, to give video-taped depositions. They will serve as neutral, court-appointed experts in potentially thousands of future silicone cases--and very likely will determine the course of much of the litigation." Among the scientists mentioned as testifying: Lu-Feng of Case Western Reserve University; S. Sergent of Vanderbilt University; Anarnol Starr of University of California at Irvine; and Sander Greenland of University of California, Los Angeles. I. Kervliet of Oregon State University is one of the panelists.

U.S. Survey Clears Silicone Implants of Role in Breast Cancer

AP - September 17, 1997

Washington - Silicone breast implants do not cause breast cancer, according to a Federal review of scores of medical studies. http://www.nytimes.com/specials/women/warchive/970917_640.html

Breast Implants as Beauty Ritual: Woman's Sceptre and Prison

1997 - Yale Journal of Law and Feminism - M. Spanbaue 7spanbau@... ?

Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison

http://www.jmls.edu/facultypubs/spanbauer/breast_implant_l_rev.shtml

Doctors warn of breast implant leaks

Daily Telegraph, By Celia Hall, Medical Editor

21 November 1997

Almost all silicone breast implants will rupture and leak when they have been in place for 20 years, doctors say today. They warn women to think carefully before having breast enlargement surgery. A summary of research studies in The Lancet says only five per cent of women can expect to have both implants intact after 20 years, only 51 per cent after 12 years and 89 per cent after eight years. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/11/21/nboo21.html

Silicone Breast Implants and Neurologic Disorders

Report of the Practice Committee of the American Academy of Neurology

Neurology 1997;48:1504-1507

......Conclusions. The best observational studies to date (some retrospective cohort and case control studies [Class II]) show no clear relationship of silicone breast implants to connective tissue disease. Research in this area is ongoing. Existing studies (some case series--Class III) do not support any association or causal relationship between silicone breast implants and neurologic disorders. If such a relationship exists, we must await proper observational studies, preferably prospective cohort studies, or less preferably, case control studies......

http://www.aan.com/professionals/practice/guideline/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.view & guideline=89

Library of Congress

50 Congressional Record articles, 1997 - 1998

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?r105:@phrase(breast+implant)

1998

Silicone Gel Breast Implany - Civil Action

United States Districy Court Alabama - Sandy Altrichter

June 2, 1998

http://earth.fjc.gov/BREIMLIT/ORDERS/inamed.wp5

Paper ?

"Expert Games in Silicone Gel Breast Implant Litigation,"

in Freeman and Reece, eds., Science in Court (London: Darmouth, 1998),

By Sheila Jasanoff - sheila_jasanoff@...

Kennedy School of Government Faculty

Curriculum Vitae - http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~sjasanoff/SJ-CV-2004.pdf

Scientific evidence:

Silicone breast implants can produce autoimmune illnesses.

The Light Party freedom@...

Dedicated to "Health,Peace & Freedom for All" - 1998

......Now, 36 years later, it is alarmingly apparent that bigger, siliconized breasts can be hazardous to your health. Weíre beginning to see that the real cost of cosmetic breast enhancement may not be the $6,000 in surgical fees to implant them, but a host of autoimmune symptoms and strange illnesses that can crop up, typically within about seven years of implantation........

http://www.lightparty.com/Health/SiliconePoison.html

E-mail: Breast Implants and Breast Cancer

From - Professor Norman Levitt (Mathematics , Rutgers University)

Date - Thu, 25 Jun 1998 20:54:09 -0400

Reply To - Sci-Cult Science-as-Culture

Sender - Sci-Cult Science-as-Culture

Subject - "Nation" on G. B. Kolata II

[ Note - B. Kolata, science writer, New York Times - kolata@... ]

The topic she chose was silicone breast implants. Breast implants are a contrarian's dream topic because there are two distinct sides, both of which have sharpened their arguments during ten years of massive litigation against Dow Corning, Bristol-Myers Squibb and other manufacturers of the product. Pick either side and you're a contrarian. Stories from the middle ground get less attention...

http://human-nature.com/science-as-culture/SCI-CULT%20LOG9806.txt

Neurologic illness related to breast implants

by H. Ferguson MD jferguson@..., Neurology 1998

......Before the current issue of Neurology, there had been no published epidemiologic studies of neurologic illness related to breast implants. However, there have been several retrospective cohort studies testing the hypothesis that silicon breast implants are associated with various autoimmune disorders... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/implants/medical/ferguson.html

European Commission Guidelines Implants

Guidelines for conformity assessment of Breast Implants -

Acoording to Directive 93 / 42 / EEC relating to Medical Devices - July 1998

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/meddev/2_5-7____07-1998.pdf

Breast implant operations increase, despite controversy

CNN, July 8, 1998

Women are getting breast implants in record numbers, despite the negative publicity the surgery has received in recent years.

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9807/08/implant.boom/

An Atypical Complaint:

Science v. Subjectivity in Breast Implant Litigation

Making People: The Normal and Abnormal in Constructions of Personhood

Xandra Rarden xrarden@... ? and Sheila Jasanoff sheila_jasanoff@...

Cornell University - July 1998 ?

Abstract - Competing scientific accounts have emerged in the debate over whether silicone gel breast implants cause autoimmune disorders. The mainstream story, told principally by epidemiological researchers at leading medical institutions, denies any causal connection between the devices and traditional forms of the disease. The alternative story, told by plaintiffs and their treating physicians, posits the existence of an "atypical" disease, whose symptoms are fully understandable only to those willing to heed the plaintiffs' subjective experiences. In this paper, we examine the scientific contestation around the attempted construction of an "atypical" disease entity. We ask how the cultural context of litigation molded and shaped the mainstream and alternative scientific stories, influencing the production of different forms of collective knowledge. Interactions among judges, lawyers, scientists, doctors, the media, and social activists all contributed to this process. We show how mainstream science eventually ratified the safety of the implants, while discarding or setting aside the alternative hypothesis. Although a powerful social movement coalesced around the "atypical" disease claims, knowledge derived from personal and group experiences failed to make headway against the claims of objective science. Yet, allowing orthodox scientific practice systematically to dominate over other types of meaningful knowledge production may not be the best the way to bring closure to such controversies. Instead, we need to search for mechanisms that strike a better balance between scientific and subjective knowledge in toxic tort litigation.

( SOURCE - http://human-nature.com/science-as-culture/SCI-CULT%20LOG9807.txt )

UK Minister of Health

Report Silicone Gel Breast Implants "No evidence disease"

The Report of the Independent Review Group (IRG)

Professor D Sturrock RDSturrock@...

July 1998

http://www.silicone-review.gov.uk/silicone_implants.pdf

http://www.silicone-review.gov.uk

Jury still out on silicone breasts

BBC, UK - July 13, 1998

A government panel has rejected claims that silicone breast implants cause long-term sickness, but has called for stricter controls over their use...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/latest_news/131994.stm

Breast implants are cleared of causing Disease

Daily Telegraph, By Celia Hall, Medical Editor - 15 July 1998

The Government accepted a package of recommendations yesterday to regulate silicone breast implant surgery and protect the 8,000 women who seek the cosmetic operations every year.

The independent review ordered by Baroness Jay, the health minister, could find no scientific evidence to link the silicone implants with abnormal immune response or the development of diseases such as arthritis, as has been claimed..........

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/07/15/nbre15.html

Statement on the safety of silicone Breast Implants

Public Citizen's Health Research Group

Statement before the Institute of Medicine of Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D.,

July 24, 1998

Breast implants are now in their fourth decade of use, no regulations for pre-market safety testing having been in place when they were first marketed. Studies which should have been done long ago are only now being done, well after most of the approximately two million women had their implants. Of 1135 published studies in the National Library of Medicine database under the search terms "silicone implants" and "adverse effects", 387 or only 34% were published between 1966 and 1989, a 24-year interval. 748, or 66% were published in the past 8+ years (1990 to now).......

http://www.citizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=6646

New Report on Silicone Implants May Not Tell Whole Story

ABCNEWS.com, By McKenzie health@...

1 december 1998 ?

A panel of scientists appointed by a federal judge has just announced that it found no proven links between silicone implants and the illnesses of hundreds of thousands of women who have sued implant makers. The FDA found potential manufacturing problems that could result in implants more likely to rupture.....(...).....The Mentor Corp.'s plant in Irving, Texas, is a major producer of breast implants. Government documents obtained by ABCNEWS show that over the past 12 years, since 1986, the FDA has repeatedly accused Mentor of inadequate quality controls...

http://womnhlth.home.mindspring.com/should_read/Implant%20Safety%20Revisited%20.htm

Panel can't link Breast Implants to Any Disease

By Kolata kolata@... - December 2, 1998

A panel of four scientists, appointed by a Federal court, issued a report yesterday concluding that scientific evidence has so far failed to show that silicone breast implants cause disease......

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health & res=9B02E5DC153BF931A35751C1A96E958260 & n=Top%2fNews%2fHealth%2fDiseases%2c%20Conditions%2c%20and%20Health%20Topics%2fPlastic%20Surgery

The Breast Implant Study

Has Produced Differing Opinions Letters

Washington Times, 14 December 1998, A18.

Three letters commenting on recent silicone breast implant stories. Writers are Sally Pickett of ez, Calif., Leonard A. Schneider of Whites Plains, N.Y., and Whitford of Pitkin, La.

http://list.mc.duke.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9812 & L=occ-env-med-l & D=0 & P=8410

1999

A report to the Mass Torts Working Group

Federal Judicial Center - R.Spiro, C.Witcher, P.Egelston, S.Hruby & M.Deckman Fallon

January 1999

This report was undertaken at the request of the Mass Tort Working Group and is in furtherance of the Center's statutory mission to conduct and stimulate research and development for the improvement of judicial administration......At its inception in February 1998, the Mass Torts Working Group (MTWG) asked the Federal Judicial Center to assist it by identifying the major mass torts that courts had faced in modern times and looking at the individual characteristics of such cases to see if any patterns emerge.....Silicone gel breast implants, 53 ...... Part 1-A summarizes, one by one, the 26 major product-based mass injury case congregations, such as asbestos, breast implants......

http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/MassTApD.pdf/$file/MassTApD.pdf

Breast implants kill mice

BBC, UK - February 11, 1999

The silicone used in breast implants can kill mice, scientists have found. They also found that the silicone can leak out of intact implants, increasing fears that the devices put women's long-term health at risk...... LINKS / Related Stories -

02 Dec 1998 - Silicone implants safe says US inquiry

09 July 1998 - US : Settlement reached in breast implant case (Dow Corning Corporation)

06 febr 1998 - Breast implants 'safe'

19 Dec 1997 - Breast implant leak risk 'far higher than suspected' (The Lancet / FDA)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/277602.stm

Soyabean breast implants banned

Stocks withdrawn as Government decides more research is needed

The Guardian, By Boseley sarah.boseley@..., Health Correspondent

March 9, 1999

Breast implants filled with soyabean oil, chosen by thousands of women because of the panic surrounding silicone, were banned by the Department of Health yesterday amid concerns for their safety.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,315648,00.html

Sick ? Cause Silicone Breast Implants

Lemon Tort - Nevada's Supreme Court Upholds Junk Science

Nevada Journal, Volume 7, Number 4 , April, 1999

by D. Dowd Muska ddm@...

Charlotte Mahlum is a very sick woman. The former Elko resident suffers from severe headaches, seizures, loss of muscle control, exhaustion and tingling sensations throughout her body. And she's convinced—as are thousands of women with similar symptoms—that her condition has a single cause: silicone breast implants........ http://nj.npri.org/nj99/04/feature.htm

Fairness, Accuracy and the Tyranny of the Anecdote

Science beat challenges reporters seeking to understand research findings

FACSNET, By Kolata, Reporter, Science kolata@... - April 1999

The first time I wrote about silicone breast implants, I had a more than just a hunch about where the truth lay. I would have bet, if anyone had asked me, that implants can cause serious diseases.

http://www.facsnet.org/tools/nbgs/a_thru_h/f/fairness.php3

Asthma in Patients with Silicone Breast Implants:

Report of a case series and identification of Hexachloroplatinate contaminant as a Possible Etiologic Agent

R Harbut, C Churchill - IJOH 1999; 3:73-82

- Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wayne State University

- School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, and

- Department of Internal Medicine, Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan

ABSTRACT

The following study is of 8 breast implant patients evaluated because of respiratory systems, pruritus and rhinorrhea. The presence of hexachoroplatinate in the implants was notes and support for the hypothesis that this contaminant was related to the symptoms experienced by the patients is presented. Cases of implant related asthma were defined by episodic dyspnea, cough, or breathlessness with onset or worsening after implant placement and objective evidence of reversible airways obstruction, either during the presence or after the removal of the devices. All eight patients were found to have asthma, with airway hyper-reactivity demonstrated by methacholine challenge testing performed in seven patients and by partially reversible obstruction after nebulized administration of a beta-agonist in one patient. Eight patients had urticaria and seven had rhinorrhea. Eight of eight breast implant patients evaluated had findings consistent with asthma. Hexachloroplatinate, a potent sensitizer and component of breast implants, is identified as the likely primary etiologic agent in view of findings consistent with platinosis in thesepatients, and the demonstration of the leaching of hexachloroplatinate from even intact silicone breast implants.

(SOURCE- http://list.mc.duke.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9901 & L=occ-env-med-l & D=0 & P=14678)

Breast implant plaintiffs say scientific panel was tainted

Ask for findings to be invalidated

April 13, 1999

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (CNN) -- A motion was filed Tuesday to terminate a court-appointed science panel evaluating the safety of silicone breast implants, and invalidate its findings due to conflict of interest by one of the four scientists... http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9904/13/breast.implant.panel/

Another Study Clears Silicone Breast Implants

They're still a big risk, says panel, but not a cause of killer diseases

TIME, By Alain L. - Jun. 21, 1999

Vignette StoryServer 5.0 Fri Dec 30 21:29:28 2005 The legal repercussions of failed silicone breast implants may not be over, but the medical studies are becoming increasingly consistent. The latest, released on Monday by the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, confirms the emerging consensus: Medical evidence does not support the contention that silicone breast implants cause major life-threatening diseases......

http://www.time.com/time/nation/printout/0,8816,27224,00.html

2000

Comprehensive study: No systemic Breast Implant dangers

on david_williamson@... , University North Carolina - 14 March 2000

(Embargoed) CHAPEL HILL - The largest, most comprehensive study done to date of the possible link between silicone breast implants and connective tissue diseases has found no evidence that the implants impair women's health. ..........

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-03/UoNC-Csrn-1403100.php

Meta-analyses of the Relation Between

Silicone Breast Implants and the Risk of Connective Tissue Diseases

The New England Journal of Medicine, (Volume 342, Number 11)

Janowsky E, Kupper L, Hulka B, 16 march 2000

For each of the conditions analyzed, the findings provided no evidence of an association between breast implants and specific or combined connective-tissue diseases.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/419145_print

Breast Implants limit detection breast cancer

MEDSCAPE, G. Bradley, Jr, MD, PhD, FACR, 2000

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/412981

EC in silicone implants inquiry

BBC, UK - 23 May, 2000

The European Commission is to investigate the use of silicone implants in cosmetic surgery in response to a campaign started by a Glasgow woman. Norris says the silicone in her breast implants has leaked, poisoning her body and ruining her health......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/760735.stm

EU may crack down on breast implants

BBC, UK, 24 May 2000

Legislation governing the health and safety of breast implants is to be considered by the European Commission. The move comes after a five year campaign by a Euro-MP to raise awareness of the potential dangers of silicone implants. ........

LINKS / Related Stories -

19 May 2000 - FDA "Huge rupture rate in breast implants"

(see also on this - http://imaginis.com/breasthealth/news/news5.25.00.asp )

08 Mar 1999 - Breast implants withdrawn

21 June 1999 - Breast implants 'do not cause serious disease'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/761749.stm

Implant: 'A nightmare from beginning to end'

BBC, UK - 6 June, 2000

As the government advises the removal of breast implants containing soya bean oil, one of the 5,000 women who have received them explains how her health has been affected. Lynsey Irvine, 24, from Edinburgh, had the implants put in in December 1997 for cosmetic reasons...........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/780097.stm

Firm to fund breast implant removal

BBC, UK - 6 June, 2000

The manufacturer of soya-filled breast implants, which women have been recommended to have removed, has said it will pay for the new operations. The Department of Health said on Tuesday the risk that the implants could cause cancer or harm an unborn baby could not be ruled out......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/779346.stm

Inamed Wants Silicone Back In Breast Implants

Herper, Forbes.com, 13 june 2000

It's been eight years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned silicone breast implants, but the desire among women to boost their bust size hasn't gone away. In the midst of a nationwide health scare, the FDA banned silicone implants in 1992. Since then, most implants are made of either saline or, more rarely, soybean oil. But Ilan Reich, co-CEO of Inamed imdc (nasdaq: imdc - news - people), is betting that silicone implants will make a comeback.....

http://www.forbes.com/2000/06/13/feat.html

? Breast implant infection in a cat owner due to Pasteurella multocida

July 2000 - Journal of Infection, Volume 41, Issue 1 [ User Name and Password ]

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL & _udi=B6WJT-45F4XY3-1S & _coverDate=07%2F31%2F2000 & _alid=349839321 & _rdoc=1 & _fmt= & _orig=search & _qd=1 & _cdi=6887 & _sort=d & view=c & _acct=C000050221 & _version=1 & _urlVersion=0 & _userid=10 & md5=2abe00c35f7db3d68e866a6d3c0b7d9b

Spanish women to sue over breast implants

Xavier Bosch, Barcelona - BMJ 12 august 2000 ;321:403

Twenty Spanish women with soya oil breast implants are to sue the UK based manufacturer, AEI, and its Barcelona based importer, Colagen Biomédica, after being advised that they should have the prostheses removed... http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/321/7258/403

Implant Firm is Probed after U.S. Ban

Health experts move in to Scots plant after scathing reports on safety and hygiene

28 August 2000 , Daily Record, UK

A breast implants factory in Scotland is being investigated by the Government. Health experts will this week rake over records and procedures at the plant. The parent company is being taken to court by three Scotswomen whose implants ruptured, causing catastrophic health problems. Products made by Biosil Limited have been banned from sale in the States after a damning report by US inspectors. Despite the US refusal of a licence, however, implants made at the Biosil factory in Cumbernauld since 1990, are still widely available on the NHS. Biosil and parent company Nagor, who distribute the implants, are at the centre of a number of legal battles. Both companies have been linked to implant scandals around the world stretching back to the early 80s. And three Scotswomen claim they were put at risk of cancer and other devastating illnesses when Nagor implants ruptured inside them. A team of US government scientists visited Biosil's factory on the Westfield Industrial Estate, Cumbernauld, in April this year ( SOURCE - http://www.bnn-online.co.uk/news )

Immediate European Parliament ban on silicone implants

Letter from - Committee Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

http://www.europarl.eu.int/committees/envi_home.htm

To - The chairman of the Committee on Petitions

Brussels, 30 August 2000

....In March 1999 after many years of campaigning, two petitions calling for an immediate European Parliament ban on silicone implants were tabled by self-help groups of women who claimed to be suffering adverse effects from silicone-gel breast implants. The Parliament has now responded by asking for formal replies to the Petitions Committee and seeking the counsel of the Environment Committee, the Committee on Women's Rights and the Committee on Research.. http://www.europarl.eu.int/meetdocs/committees/envi/20000911/417110_en.doc

Breast implant advice from government

BBC, UK - 4 October, 2000

Women considering having breast implants are to have access to objective advice from a booklet written by the Department of Health. The booklet aims to ensure women have all the information they need before surgery, while the debate about the safety of implants continues. Its release coincides with publication of research from the US National Cancer Institute which concludes that having implants is not linked to breast cancer risk.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/956247.stm

One in seven breast implant patients have complications

The Independent - 5 October 2000

By Cherry Norton c.norton@... ?, Social Affairs Editor

One in seven women experience problems after breast implant operations, says a government booklet detailing the dangers. For the first time women are being provided with information about the risks attached to each of the different types of breast implants available. The booklet, published by the Department of Health today, will be distributed to clinics, doctors and patient support groups. The information covers the four types of breast implants available in the UK: Silicone Gel, Saline, Hydrogel and Polyvinyl pyrolidine solution (PVP). The booklet quotes recent evidence in Britain suggesting that one in 10 women with breast implants has had a problem with a hardening of the implant, which causes it to deform and in some cases become painful. (SOURCE- http://www.bnn-online.co.uk/news_datesearch.asp?SearchDate=05/Oct/2000 & Year=2000 )

Scandal of Killer Medical Aids

German company linked to injuries of British patients

15 October 2000 The Observer, UK

In August, 29-year-old accountant Jan Temple responded to a Department of Health urgent warning and had her soya oil breast implants removed. She had learnt that they could cause cancer, kill foetuses and harm breastfeeding babies. The complex and unpleasant operation left her without movement in part of her right arm. Because the soya is a natural product it becomes entwined with the breast tissue and the implants have to be 'ripped out', which can take more than five hours. In many cases the soya becomes putrid and the rancid remains have to be treated as a biological hazard. So far, 1,400 women in Britain have faced this horrific ordeal. But the full story of how thousands of women have been emotionally and physically scarred by these implants is only likely to come out in a US court next year when their American manufacturer faces compensation claims. At the same time, the case will shine light on how faulty medical technologies can easily find approval for use in Europe

( SOURCE - http://www.bnn-online.co.uk/news )

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Breast - Implants

Dutch Support-Point for women with siliconen implants (SVS)

The foundation SVS is an interest-organisation for women with questions concerning and/or problems by silicone implants, human adjuvant disease (HAD), silicone related disease (SRD). The foundation gives telephone and written information and offers relief. Also she examines the possibilities for prevention and medication. Mission of the SVS - the SVS strive for a prohibition on unlimited use of silicone-gel-filled-implants, the promotion of research, an aid programme for the patients and prevention

Mrs. Marlou Boots

Uitdamstraat 22, 8244 DZ Lelystad Haven

Europe, The Netherlands

- Tel - +0031- 320-264566

- Fax - +0031 - 320-264548

- Homepage - No website yet

This Article was earlier published in magazine 'De Stille Kracht' (The Quit Power) published by SVS.

Silicone litteraly take possession of your body. Marketing inventions, which greedyly are taken up by the medical science. There is then not thought that a crime is being committed on the human body. Marlou the founder of Support Point for Women with Silicone Implants (SVS) tells her own story. A story not only to think about, but litterally yo stand still by.

In 1991, I had my last pocket silicone removed. I was after 18 operations more dead than living. I recovered quit a bit and and started to deepen myself into silicone-literature. Already quickly it became clear to me what the cause had been of my lost years and I placed an add in the newspaper in which I sought fellow-sufferers. The responses was overwhelming and in 1992, I set up the Support Point for Women with Siliconen Implants (SVS). I have answered thousands of phone calls since that time. I have a collection of implants in several states of dissolution, which scares the hell out of you. With the SVS I am meanwhile busy at international level. It is a pity that women let them talk into such a negative self-image. My motto is: "rather flat than a plants".

The ground substance of silicone is silicate-rock (sand). For the filling of prosthesis this undergoes a chemical treatment as a result of which a substance arises that is similar to 'Bison kit' ( brand of a strong thick glue). In principle you can state that implants always keep perspiring, sweating. As a result, the very small particles of those 'Bison kit' are distributed by means of our lymfatisch sytem through the body. With the duration of alwaus sweating it concerns small quantities, but if the implants are going to leak there will come an overdose of silicon in your body. Compare this with a considerable amount of 'Bison kit' on your carpet. It can be no longer cleaned. Silicon, float, they spread themselves through the whole body. In that respect they are comparable with a haze of desert sand - only if you would sweep the grains together, you would see them. At pathological research at women there have been silicon found in each tissue and each organ of the body. Sometimes silicon leave the body by means of the skin. There are also women who have found sannd-grains in their urine. But generally they continue to stay in the body. The molecules are too large to be removed by the kidney-membrane.

The silicon disease (Silicon Related Disease - SRD) is a disorder which damages your immume system. Women who suffer from disease show among others the following complaints - changing muscle - and articular-pain (like rheumatism), demolishing fatigue (like ME), memory impairments, back complaints, neurological complaints, thyroid- and pancreas-disorders, thickening of the skin and allergies. Doctors are in the blue about the causes of this complaints, but they are almost never to be traced, tracked and thus not treatable. The only thing doctors are sure about is that the complaints are NOT caused by silicon. Siliconen would be safe, because they are inertia. This means - not active. Chemically this indeed is correct, but biologically silicon are active. It has been proved scientifically that silicon biologically are not inert and therefore produce impairments in the body. Moreover there are, due to the chemical procede process of silicate to silicon, 39 chemicals (among other things toluene, acetone, formaldehyde, benzene, dichloormetaan - dutch: tolueen, aceton, formaldehyde, benzeen, dichloormetaan) and 8 heavy metal (among other things barium, silver, nickel, chromium - dutch: barium, zilver, nikkel, chroom) hidden in the implants.

What exactly is the wrongdoer, the chemicals or the silicon, is at that moment not yet clear. But the substances always come in combination with each other in your body. And how does your body react then? I myself think that every woman with implantssooner or later will have problems from it. But if woman only get complaints on older, later age (the incubation time can be 20 years) the complaints are slid onto the age. Complaints of younger women according to the doctors mostly are between the ears. On average 3000 implants per year are put in. 26% get within 5 yeras such complaints that another operation is neccessary, particularly the local complications as encase, deforms and movement. After 6-8 years most of the women get changing sometimes still vague health complaints. Of all women ever operated in the Netherlands 10% have meanwhile already communicated themselves at the SVS as a silicon victim. At some women immediately an extreme improvement in health steps up after removal of the implants. The largest group needs 2 up to 5 years for slightly recovery. For a small group unfortunately the 'point or no return ' has been reached and these women die a mysterious death, which is dismissed with declarations such as "the age" or other never determined sicknesses.

Women who get implants always are fortunate with them. They do not think of the possible consequences or do not want to think about it. As long as the doctors are not yet punished, they continue to deny that those small pockets will eventualy leak in the long run and as a result problems can arise. It is than not strange that a woman does not realise inwhich she starts ? Even the so-called safe salt-water prosthesis are risky business. At first, these water-pockets are packaged in an envelope of..........yes,right.....silicon. Moreover that stationary water gets, on a nice temperature in combination with the functioning of your body, very easy infected with bacteria. The silicon-envelope thus always breaths on ! The bacteria are even possible during filling or during the implanting in the operation room ER of coming into the water. The consequence can be guessed - moulds and fungus in your small pocket ! And leakage of these pockets can have deadly impact. Although the complete medical science are aware, informed of all these matters and the use of silicon in America has even been forbidden since 1992, the lords doktors cover themselves in silence. There is a surgeon who has said rockly-hard: "If breast enlarge operations would be forbidden at five o'clock this afternoon, then I will put in my last implant at five to five". And that is now exactly the reason why almost every plastic surgeon keeps its mouth shut. Putting implants in means gold money.

RISKS OF BREAST-IMPLANTS

(1) the implants can tear, break, by mammography

(2) breast implants make own self-research mammography. Several x-rays are necessary, as a result of which more radiation comes in the body every time

(3) torn or leaking implants remain many years' unnoticed, whereas of siliconen it is known that it penetrates the lymfatisch system and has been found at implanted women in the brain, back marrow, uterus, liver and other organs

(4) implants will not live a life long. they must be replaced within 10 years (even without health problems)

(5) there are ALWAYS infecties possibly including moulds and antibiotic resistent bacteria

(6) feeling loss of the breast, especially around the nipples and the nipple court have been mentioned, just like over sensesitivity at contact

(7) astringency (becoming hard of the breast) can be a very unpleasant sense, from very painfull tot misforming

(8) Many woman have different rejection-complaints and other forms of breast-tissue loss

(9) many women have developed serious defence system sicknesses as rheamatism, M.S., Lupus, etc. sometimes already shortly after the implantation. Women with a weak defence system have been now been warned and can better avoid implants

(10) large numbers of of women with implants have reported neurological and well-known complications, but also hormonal troubles, including uterus-removals, miscarriages

(11) many children, born after implantation, appeared to have the same defence system complaints, something which has not yet been studied enough.

(12) breast implants mostly have a negative effect on the milk production at giving breastfeed. Breast feeding is better not to with implants.

(13) Health insurance companies refuse to pay for the routine costs for the woman who have implants and those who had them removed.

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Silicone Implant Disease

By Ron Kennedy, M.D., Santa , California - 2000

........ Now, 38 years later, it is clear that silicon enhancement of breasts can be hazardous to the health of the recipient. The real cost of cosmetic breast enhancement may not be the $10,000 in surgical fees to implant them, but a host of autoimmune symptoms and strange illnesses that can crop up, typically within about seven years of implantation......

http://www.medical-library.net/sites/framer.html?/sites/_silicone_implant_disease.html

Platinum & Silicone Breast Implants - Letter

FROM - The FDA Deputy Director for Regulations and Policy

TO - Keeling, President Chemically Associated Neurological Disorders

Dear Ms. Keeling,

This letter is in response to your petition (Docket Number OOP-1607/CP- 1) received by FDA on November 3,200O and filed on November 7,200O. Your petition requested that FDA revoke the implantation of silicone gel-filled breast implants for any reason, and that remaining inventories of these devices in the United States be destroyed.........

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/03/Nov03/111903/03p-0530-cp00001-Exhibit-Tab-O-vol1.pdf

http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:q6Uz_JwqTuAJ:www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/03/Nov03/111903/03p-0530-cp00001-Exhibit-Tab-O-vol1.pdf+Platinum+may+leak+from+breast+implants & hl=nl & ie=UTF-8

! Breast Implants

People, Politics, Polymers

Buddy Ratner ** ratner@... ?- University of Washington

- Disclosure Statement - " I have been an expert witness for 3M, Dow-Corning Corporation and for Baxter Healthcare. I have accepted research funds from Dow Corning, Mentor Corp. and from McGhan Corporation "

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Health Scientists tackle implant rejection

BBC, UK - April 15, 1999

..Professor Buddy Ratner, who leads the project, said: "The ability to make surfaces that can be recognised by the body is a major step forward in our quest for biomaterials and implants that heal. "This is the first coating process that works on the atomically flat surfaces of artificial materials commonly used in implants and that promotes affinity for specific proteins. Our approach potentially can be used for any kind of implant." .. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/319873.stm

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" The recent attention given to breast implants and their relative safety is a sham perpetrated by the billion dollar companies that manufacture these lethal bags and the plastic surgeons that put them in. If the truth about these implants were to be known it would be revealed to be the greatest crime against women in the 20th century. The reports are RIGHT ! They can't prove a link to any known diseases because the disease that these women are getting is a NEW disease with symptoms similar to many known diseases. But actually it's a reaction to toxic chemicals that spread throughout the body. Silicone being only one of them "

http://acad.bioeng.washington.edu/590/BuddyLecture.pdf

LINKS in, from this article -

(1) - Known Risks of Breast Implants

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/995_implants.html#known

(2) - Breast Implant Classification with MR Imaging Correlation

http://ej.rsna.org/ej3/0112-99.fin/body/onepage.htm#Cat1

(3) - Information for Women about the Safety of Silicone Breast Implants (2000)

http://books.nap.edu/books/0309065933/html/20.html#pagetop

(4) - References on capsular contracture , References on implant rupture/leakage

(Site information is the Exclusive Property of Dow Corning Corporation)

http://www.implantclaims.com/ebooklet98/Section_F.asp#F03 =>

United States District Court-Eastern District of Michigan

http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/_dow/dowdefault.htm

Claimants' Advisory Committee

http://www.tortcomm.org/plandocs.shtml

Settlement Facility for Dow Corning Trust

http://www.sfdct.com/downloads.cfm

Compensation for breast implant women

BBC, UK - 24 November, 2000

Women who had their breast implants removed after serious health warnings are to receive compensation. Around 5,000 women in the UK have had the soya-oil filled Trilucent implants fitted.

The implants were removed from sale in March, and in June the government warned women to have them removed....... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1039225.stm

Breast Implants: America's Silent Epidemic

Total Health for Longevity Magazine

November/December 2000, Volume 22, Number 6 pages 41-42

By Ilena Rosenthal ilena2000@...

http://www.mercola.com/2001/jun/6/breast_implants.htm

Breast implants withdrawn

BBC, UK - 11 December, 2000

A type of breast implant has been withdrawn from the UK market amid fears that it could be unsafe.

The Department of Health acted after an investigation by the Medical Devices Agency found "inadequacies" in the safety assessments of the manufacturers of the hydrogel-filled implants.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1065415.stm

Breast-implant debate may shift focus to effects of platinum leakage

Star Tribune, Greg Gordon ggordon@... , ggordon@...

December 18, 2000

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A National Academy of Sciences panel last year found no basis for concerns that silicone-gelbreastimplants cause health damage, but debate on their safety persists with a new focus. Several researchers are trying to persuade the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that implant safety reviews have focused too much on the effects of silicone and too little on whether toxic platinum leaked into women's bodies from some of the devices...

http://list.mc.duke.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0012 & L=oem-announce & T=0 & O=A & P=10285

Government hasn't pursued suggestions

to test silicone breast implants

Star Tribune, Greg Gordon ggordon@... , ggordon@...

December 23, 2000

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A government scientist proposed a study four years ago to explore whether silicone gel breast implants could have leaked toxic forms of platinum into women's bodies, as some health professionals feared. But the proposal by Biagini, a research toxicologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health who is a leading platinum expert, went nowhere. Now, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it needs more data to determine whether platinum may be a culprit in the illnesses of some of the half-million women who have sued implant manufacturers..... http://list.mc.duke.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0012 & L=oem-announce & T=0 & O=A & P=10285

2001

Surgeon rules out teenager's breast op

BBC, UK - 4 January, 2001

A surgeon has said he will not carry out a breast enlargement promised by a mother to her daughter as a 16th birthday present... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1101015.stm

Prize is breast implant surgery

Daily Telegraph - 7 february 2001

A mother won a breast implant operation yesterday in a competition on a breakfast radio show. Kerry Froggett, 26, of Newton Heath, Manchester, will receive £2,500 for the surgery. Ms Froggett is a care worker with two children called Ocean, four, and Sunny, two. Her mother had written to the Manchester-based Key 103 radio station's JK & Breakfast Show, nominating her daughter for the cash prize. She said that her daughter had lost her figure after child-bearing and was depressed.

(SOURCE- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/02/07/nbul07.xml)

Breast implant cancer link

BBC, UK - 27 April, 2001

Women who have breast implants appear to suffer more lung and brain cancers than other plastic surgery patients, a study says.The preliminary results of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) tests were reported in the New York Times.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1299959.stm

EU considers breast implant measures

BBC, UK, 21 March, 2001

Measures to improve the safety of silicone breast implants are being considered by the European Commission. Proposals, presented to MEPs on Wednesday by EU Enterprise Commissioner Erkki Liikanen erkki.liikanen@..., include:.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1232441.stm

Scots' Campaign leads to new EC-Rules on Implants

21 March 2001 , The Herald, UK

New safety measures governing the use of silicone breast implants will be outlined by the European Commission today, 10 years after a Scotswoman launched a campaign against their use. Margo Cameron was left with traces of silicone throughout her body after having the toxic substance injected into her lips as a pre-wedding present from her fiancé. Her plight was taken up by Bill , the ish Labour Euro MP, who has played a key role in persuading the commission to start work on new safety recommendations. ( SOURCE - http://www.bnn-online.co.uk/news )

UK Parliament: Health Warnings on Adverts Breast Implants

Examination of Witness - Prof. Sturrock RDSturrock@...

22 March 2001

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmhealth/308/1032202.htm

Register of breast implants proposed

Daily Telegraph, By nicole.martin@... - 22 march 2001

A register of every silicone breast implant operation in Europe was among proposals put to the European Commission yesterday to help to protect the thousands of women who have the surgery each year.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/03/22/nimp22.xml

Study gives firm support to breast implants

March 26 2001

Chicago - There is little evidence that silicone breast implants trigger production of an antibody that has been linked to cancer and other diseases, according to a study published on Sunday. In a study of 288 women who had had or still had breast implants, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School found that five had an excessive production of an antibody protein in blood plasma cells that in some cases precedes development of other diseases, such as multiple myeloma...

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 & click_id=31 & art_id=qw985532581457B243

European Parliament: Safety rules for breast implants

28 March 2001

The European Commission has told MEPs that it is to consider new guidelines on the use of silicone breast implants. These include a register of every silicone breast implant operation carried out in Europe, a register of qualified surgeons, better counselling, and further research into the health risks of implants. The Commission's move came in response to two petitions received by the Parliament's Petitions Committee which express concern about the dangers to women's health of silicone breast implants. Both petitions call for an immediate ban on silicone implants although this has been ruled out by the Commission in the immediate future. Most MEPs on the Petitions Committee felt that strict regulation of breast implants would be a better alternative than a total ban. However, a ban was favoured by ish MEP Bill bill.miller@... , bmiller@... , BMEP@..., who presented one of the two petitions, after campaigning for many years to raise awareness of the potential dangers of silicone implants.

( SOURCE - http://www.europarl.org.uk/news/items2001/march28.htm )

Study gives firm support to breast implants

Study finds little sign breast implants unsafe

Shanghai Star, 29 march 2001

CHICAGO - There is little evidence that silicone breast implants trigger production of an antibody that has been linked to cancer and other diseases, according to a study published recently.

In a study of 288 women who had or still had breast implants, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ..........

http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2001/0329/he15-3.html

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 & click_id=31 & art_id=qw985532581457B243

Health department misled women over breast implant risks

Zosia Kmietowicz London - BMJ 31 march 2001 ;322:756

Campaigning groups concerned about the safety of breast implants have strongly criticised the UK Department of Health for the way it has handled the issue........

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/322/7289/756/d

UK Parliament - House of Commons

The Health Committee - healthcom@... ? - 4 April 2001

4th Report - Provision of Information by the Government - Safety of Breast Implants

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmhealth/308/30803.htm

Health Warnings with Implants

5 April 2001 , The Herald, UK

Adverts for cosmetic surgery such as breast implants should carry health warnings about the dangers involved, an influential committee of MPs said yesterday. And the proposal was immediately hailed as a "great victory" by campaigners. The Commons health select committee said that members of the public should be made fully aware of the dangers involved in this form of breast augmentation, and said that women considering having the procedure should have access to independent advice and counselling. ( SOURCE - http://www.bnn-online.co.uk/news )

Breast Implant Cancer Worry

27 April 2001 . The Mirror, UK

Women with breast implants are three times more likely to get cancer than those without, a study revealed yesterday. And scientists say saline replacements, not just the controversial silicone ones, are also being linked to tumours. The US study of 13,500 women found they were at risk form brain and lung cancer. Researcher Dr Zuckerman, said: "This is alarming. I see it as a warning." The report comes after a Commons select committee recommended there should be a new system to monitor side-effects of breast implants in British women.

( SOURCE - http://www.bnn-online.co.uk/news )

Breast implants linked to brain and lung cancer

Boseley sarah.boseley@..., health editor

The Guardian - April 27, 2001

Women with breast implants of any variety are statistically up to three times more likely to die from lung or brain cancer than those without, a 12-year study has shown.....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,479214,00.html

Breast implant payouts

Daily Telegraph, Barbie Dutter, Sydney - 23 may 2001

More than 3,000 Australian women who suffered severe health disorders from ruptured silicone gel breast implants are each to receive up to £22,000 compensation. About 200,000 women worldwide have suffered as a result of the implants. Disorders include lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Most of those affected are still fighting for compensation from the implant manufacturer Dow Corning, which filed for bankruptcy in 1995.The Australian settlement is the only deal the company has agreed to date(SOURCE- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/05/23/wbul23.xml)

European Parliament: "Stop using Silicone Implants"

Brussels, 13 june 2001

Report (A5-0186/2001) by Mrs Fourtou Presse-fr@... , jfourtou@..., on behalf of the Committee on Petitions, on petitions declared admissible concerning Silicone Breast Implants (Petitions 0470/1998 and 0771/1998) (2001/2068(INI))

Meijer (GUE/NGL) emeijer@... , emeijer@..., (NL) - " ......In the circumstances, it is better to stop using the silicone implants and to focus on developing alternatives. France has now banned the implants, but other Member States are wavering and indecisive. I agree with those who submitted the petitions that silicone breast implants should not be used until they have been proved not to be harmful........."

Sacrédeus (PPE-DE), (SV) press-sv@... , lennart.sacredeus@... - "I have voted against the proposal. The report before us concerns silicon implants, with proposals for rules, regulations, an age limit of 18 for breast implants for cosmetic reasons and the establishment of a European patient register"

http://europa.eu.int/constitution/futurum/documents/speech/sp130601_2_en.pdf

Beauty and the Breast:

The implant controversy continues

25 June 2001

The investigation found that Mentor, one of the two biggest companies in implant business may have knowingly allowed faulty breast implants onto the market, forcing women in both countries to go under needless surgeries. Canadian women were applying for long-term disability because the implants had made them too sick to work. Women from four provinces-Ontario, Saskatchewan, Quebec and British Columbia had filed class-action suits against Health Canada.

Number - 18565, Subject - Health, Source - Canadian Broadcasting Corp. - CBC Radio News, Title - Beauty and the breast: the implant controversy continues, Author(s) - McKie; Bartlett , Category - Computer-Assisted Reporting, Contest Entry , Total pages - 38, Keywords- AUDIO TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; fraud; criminal investigation; saline implants; law; safety; CAR..

http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/indepth/breast_implants/index.html

Breast Implant Litigation MDL926

September 25, 2001

Important new information for those wishing to contact the Settlement Facility-Dow Corning Trust

http://www.fjc.gov/BREIMLIT/mdl926.htm

Summary of Report of National Science Panel

Silicone Breast Implants in Relation to Connective Tissue Diseases and Immunologic Dysfunction

http://www.fjc.gov/BREIMLIT/SCIENCE/summary.htm