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Subject: Bon Appetit

Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:05:45 -0600

Ms. Corney and Ms. Lauer;

To address Ms. Corney's statement of: " I didn't anticipate everyone

getting bent out of shape.''

Here is how " bent out of shape " the majority have become of Dow's

invention.

http://www.siliconeholocaust.org/siliconestories1.html

A Picture says A THOUSAND WORDS!

If it had been your mother, yourself or your daughter, THEN would you say

these women are " just bent out of shape " ?

Their shape is gone Ms. Corney but not because of Class Actions or even

their corrupt attorneys who said they would represent them.

Their shape Ms. Corney is gone because of corrupt manufacturers who cared

about the all mighty dollar instead of the innocent victims who received

their JUNK bags of silicone.

Try the slide show of the above pictures tonight and see if your $150 a

plate meal is so appetizing then! SHAME ON YOU - You are just another

paid mouth-piece for DOW!

Bon Appetit and Breast Wishes.

Signed The " breast implanted " women of the world

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http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b4_4crisismar08.story?coll=all%2Dnewsloc

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CEO's scheduled speech at Lehigh dinner raises ire In light of breast

implant lawsuits against Dow Corning, some women say his appearance is

inappropriate.

By Kathy Lauer-

Of The Morning Call

March 8, 2002

The chief executive officer of Dow Corning Corp., the company that

once made silicone breast implants, will speak today at a Lehigh

University dinner, much to the ire of several women who developed

health problems related to the implants.

will discuss the latest developments in the breast

implant lawsuits, as well as lessons learned by a corporation faced

with some of the most massive civil litigation in American history, at

Lehigh's Center for Crisis Public Relations and Litigation Studies'

$150-a-plate dinner at the Saucon Valley Country Club.

''I am just outraged,'' said Ilena Rosenthal, director of the

Humantics Foundation, a national support group for women who have had

implants. ''To have Dow Corning teach crisis management is like Enron

teaching a course on 401(k)s.''

But center Director Carol Gorney, who received numerous e-mails

complaining about the choice of speaker, said the protesters

misunderstand the reason is talking.

''We want to shed light on what Dow could've done differently,'' said

Gorney. ''This is a way to get a dialogue going. I didn't anticipate

everyone getting bent out of shape.''

Gorney said the center was established last year to support research

about crises involving big business, such as class-action lawsuits and

product recalls, and how companies can deal with them.

''Dow has gone through one of the most major lawsuits ever,'' she

said. ''It's historic and there are lessons to be learned from it

about what not to do and what to do.''

Dow spokesman Wiggins said the company has addressed the

concerns of the women over the last seven years and is very sensitive

to the issue.

Dow worked with the Tort Claimants Committee, which represents some of

the women who had the implants and other product liability claims, to

reorganize the company after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Of the 112,774 women with domestic silicone implants who voted, 95.3

percent approved of the reorganization plan, according to Dow.

''This speaks volumes for what we have accomplished,'' Wiggins said.

But Kathleen Nye, of Sinking Spring, Berks County, called the

bankruptcy, filed in 1995, a stall tactic to get out of litigation and

avoid paying settlements in the lawsuits.

''To have this man from Dow talk about crisis management is just

unbelievable,'' said Nye. ''Dow is a role model for stall tactics.''

Nye, who got implants after a double mastectomy in 1968, said she has

gone through three decades of illness caused by the implants.

After several replacements, necrosis and later cancer, she had the

implants removed and now wears a prosthesis.

''It looks like a crater but I don't care,'' she said. ''I'm just glad

to have them gone.''

Nye was part of the class-action suit filed after the Federal Drug

Administration pulled the implants off the market in 1992.

Now on disability, she has never received compensation from the

lawsuit, nor have any other women, even though there is a settlement

fund.

Gorney admitted the issue is emotional and said some of that emotion

has spilled over into the courtroom.

''The whole issue is oversimplified,'' Gorney said. ''It's a very

complicated medical, scientific and legal issue. It can't be reduced

to a sound bite. These women are being very vindictive personally

because wasn't the CEO when the silicon breast implants were

made and sold.''

She said some of the center's goals are to research the way the media

covers litigation and look at the impact of lawsuits on public policy.

''Litigation has become big business and that's one of the

ramifications of both asbestos and breast-implant lawsuits,'' Gorney

said.

In addition to research, Gorney said the center will provide

consulting as well as workshops and seminars conducted by national

experts.

kathy.lauer@...

610-861-3627

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