Fw: EXCELLENT NEWS: Silicone gel implants may lose approval in Canada!

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EXCELLENT NEWS: Silicone gel implants may lose approval in Canada!

First good news I've heard in the breast implant world for years!http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e8e8a978-f360-47f2-98bf-35b8ff6a42f4Silicone gel implants may lose approvalKey chemicals could be declared toxic SchmidtThe Ottawa CitizenWednesday, May 14, 2008Health Canada may have to reverse its controversial 2006 decision toallow women to get silicone gel-filled breast implants if it proceedswith a plan to declare key chemicals found in them to be toxic,experts say.Health Canada is expected to announce Friday its plans for syntheticchemicals found in silicone fluids as part of a risk assessment of 200chemical substances, identified as top priorities for action becausethey are potentially harmful to human health or the environment.It has already written to industry, explaining that "in the absence ofadditional relevant information," the government is "predisposed toconclude, based on a screening assessment, that this substancesatisfies the definition of toxic (under the) Canadian EnvironmentalProtection Act."A toxic declaration about the Cyclohexasiloxane family, also known asD4, D5, D6, would start a process that could lead to a ban in certainproducts, as with bisphenol A in baby bottles."The different departments at Health Canada have been a bit of adysfunctional family that don't listen to one another. If theenvironmental assessment decides this should be toxic, there should bea duty of the medical devices branches to study whether it should betaken off the market," said Dr. Kapil Khatter, scientific adviser forEnvironmental Defence.Silicone implants were pulled from the market in 1992 amid concernsthey were unsafe for women. Fourteen years later, Health Canadachanged course and made them freely available to women with the caveatthat "no medical device is 100 per cent safe."Health Canada said it reviewed more than 65,000 pages of evidencesubmitted by manufacturers and more than 2,500 scientific articles inreaching its decision to grant licences to two companies to marketsilicone implants.Until then, only breast implants filled with saline were licensed forsale in Canada.The October 2006 decision came just months after Health Canada'sscientific advisory committee said questions "had not beensufficiently addressed" about potential health risks if the gelsleaked into women's bodies and about whether the implants increasedthe risk of auto-immune diseases in the long term.In May 2007, as part of its chemicals management plan, Health Canadaasked industry to prove D4, D5 and D6 were safe. The chemicals alsowere found in cosmetics and other personal care products.Health Canada flagged D4 as a priority because the European Commissionhas listed it as a reproductive toxin. D5 and D6 were prioritizedbecause of environmental concerns.Dr. Kapil said he was hopeful a toxic designation would result inbetter departmental co-ordination at Health Canada."This will create that conversation," he said. "Through this program,there will be something overarching that will push the Health Canadadepartments that regulate cosmetics and medical devices to look attoxic substances in their area."Health Canada also will announce Friday its decision about vinylacetate, commonly used as a base in chewing gum.-- Ilena's Health Lover Blog<http://ilenarose.blogspot.com>Breast Implant Awareness Blog<http://breastimplantawareness.blogspot.com>