BJ

4 avril, 2006 22:57

Tony this was posted on both Google and Yahoo websites today

Letter Of information.. What was in Dow settlement for diseases and What was Not mentioned... Covered-up!!!

Copy: send and/or give to ALL your doctors and Congressman/woman & U.S. Senators...

This is from one of our silent sisters who has been waging a battle to bring attention to our issues. You
can help by sending the following letter to everyone you know who might be able to impact the implant
issue. - Thanks so much - Rogene

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Dear

Who can we contact to get the help, we have requested for over 20 years?

"WE ARE THE STUDY": woman, and their offspring, who are very sick must be tested for ionized platinum, silicone toxicity, heavy metals, toxic chemicals, bacteria, fungi, and biotoxins from mold to determine why we are sick . We are not getting help from the FDA, CDC, ASTDR, EPA, or the Senate Health Committee on this issue. "Implanted and injected women and their children have been DENIED testing , because they do not have the money and insurance will not pay for these special tests "

Sick children born to implanted and injected mothers have an array of diseases and disorders . Some have been tested and have a high level of Ionized platinum. We need help before more women and their unborn children suffer needlessly.

One lady states:

I have been very sick for 12 years * Blood, hair, nails, urine, fat, test ~ Platinum is in the free highly oxidizing form (Ionized Platinum) * Allergy test ~ Allergic to everything * I have Severe Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in small amounts of everyday chemicals * Blood Test ~ Silicone Antibodies IGG, IGA, IGM, IGE ~ 10 in 3 and 20 in 1. Reference Range 0-10 ELISA We want to know Why the FDA has "Done Nothing" about all the information below?

Would you please Investigate!

For over forty years manufacturers have sold products, such as silicone gel/saline, single-lumen (saline mixed with silicone gel) and double-lumen adjustable breast implants. They have argued that silicone is safe even though, regardless of whether the implant ruptures or not, silicone leaks and migrates to every organ in the body. The catalyst used to manufacture the silicone for silicone gel and silicone elastomer for gel-filled and saline-filled implants was platinum chloride, a highly reactive molecule and precursor to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin. Some manufactures use Tin as a catalyst for saline-filled implants.

It is recognized by the scientific community that "platinum salts" (aka. chloroplatinic acid) and silicone can cause systemic disease in humans as a result of toxic and/or hypersensitivity reactions.

THERE IS NO KNOWN WAY TO GET IONIZED PLATINUM AND SILICONE OUT OF THE BODY.

*Shelf-life and storage conditions for Intravenous saline: 2 YEARS at a temperature NOT exceeding 25C Saline Implants have leaky valves, shell defects (rupture). Micro Organisms accumulate over many years. As a result, over time, the closed space fills with a complex mixture of bacteria, fungi, algae, and slimes. Organisms Found In Such Environments Include:

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Pseudomonas Putida, Streptococci, Spivarum, CoccidioidesImmitis, Papilloma Viri, Herpes Simplex, Aspergillus Fumigatus, Aspergillus Boufardi, Aspergillus Niger, Bacteroides Fragillis, Curvularia, Staphylococci, Mycobacterium Chelonei, Mycobacterium Fortuitum, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium Avium, Alternaria Tenuis, Rhodotorula Glutinis, Penicillium Notatum, Microsporum Epidermophyton, Ricophyton, Candida Albicans, Proteus
Mirabillis, Propioni Bacterium Acne, Serratia Marcescens as well as their metabolites and toxins.

Exposure to ionized platinum, silicone, heavy metals and toxic chemicals cause such diseases as:

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Multiple Sclerosis, Lupus, Connective Tissue Disease, Scleroderma,
Sjogren's Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Thyroid disorder, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Leukemia, DNA Changes, Immune Dysfunction, Autoimmune Disorder, Loss of Memory, Loss of Smell and Taste, Organ Calcification, Neurological Disorders. Compounding the problem, ionized platinum and toxic chemicals involved readily cross the placental barrier. Unpublished research document that significant amounts of ionized platinum are present in the milk of nursing mothers, so even the unborn future generations of poisoned mothers will be affected.

Let's make sure that the chemicals we allow to be placed in the human body will do no harm!

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

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Something that should be brought before Congress "what" in the implants is causing bone, tendons and ligament damage. "WE ARE THE STUDY": The woman, and their offspring, who are very sick must be tested. Can Ionized Platinum and silicone do this to the body... what else may be causing or enhancing it? The same problems are showing up on the saline group website as on silicone group websites several years ago.

Shoulder problems ... Spine damage Dental problems... TMJ... teeth breaking ... infection The women should list their manufacture so Congress can see that they should investigate ALL of them also Why the FDA allowed this to happen. We have the same diseases as the silica miners plus a long list of abnormal disorders... The Injected, Silicone, Saline... Women & their Children

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Oath: First, do no harm" "Breast implants are very capable of exerting/inducing/enhancing/ can 'turn on' the human immune response by elevating the disease risk by affecting the variants of certain key genes which is NOT the cause of one's genetics but the cause of a offending trigger being placed in the human body.

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This Gallium Scan proves we have silicone in every organ This is part of a letter from one lady:

None of my doctors or the specialists or Nuclear technicians can believe I am still alive, let alone functioning. I was injected with Radiation 2001 and had a Gallium Scan. Not only weremy lungs totally outlined and brilliant white from the radiation sticking to the silicone in my lungs, my liver, my entire stomach, my intestines - both upper and lower, my gall bladder, my bladder. Every organ in my torso is totally inflamed with Silicone.

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All of our organs are showing calcification This is part of a letter from one lady Subject: Calcified Organs-FULL BODY SCAN-- Has anyone ever heard of different organs calcifying or shrivelling up and disappearing altogether? My liver, adrenal glands, coronary arteries, etc. are showing calcification, the coronary artery part being a separate and apparently serious condition.

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NEW PEER REVIEWED STUDY: Lykissa and Maharaj (2006) on Platinum Concentrations Re: Lykissa and Maharaj (2006) Note new research published on-line April 1, 2006 by Analytical Chemistry, a peer-reviewed chemistry journal. Although not available in the published journal until May 1st, 2006, the research titled "Total PlatinumConcentration and Platinum Oxidation States in Body Fluids, Tissue, and Explants from Women Exposed to Silicone and Saline Breast Implants by IC-ICP-MS" may be read on-line at:

A summary of the research is provided by Chemical Associated Neurological Disorders (CANDO) as follows:

SUMMARY

Women exposed to silicone breast implants have platinum levels that exceed that of the general population, and the oxidation states of the platinum indicate that the exposure may be toxic. Ion chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (IC-ICP-MS)was used to determine the total platinum concentration and platinum oxidation states in samples from women exposed to silicone and saline breast implants. Samples included: whole blood, urine, hair, nails, sweat, brain tissue, breast milk, and explants. Platinum in nine explanted silicone gel breast implants were mainly in the +2, +4, and +6 oxidation states. Platinum in seven whole blood and six breast milk samples from women implanted with silicone breast implants occurred mainly in the +2 and +4 oxidation states. In contrast, the fluid from the two saline breast explants did not contain detectable levels of platinum. This peer-reviewed published study is the first to document the various platinum oxidation states in samples from women exposed to silicone breast implants. Positive oxidation states indicate risk.

INTRODUCTION

A complex platinum salt, hexachloroplatinate, has been used in silicone gel-filled breast implants as A catalyst in both the gel and envelope. Platinum salt exposure has been associated with a range of problems, from positive skin-patch tests (indicating an allergic reaction) and contact dermatitis, to more serious problems such as asthma, immunogenicity, inhibitory effects on brain enzymes (brain damage), neurotoxicity (nerve damage), mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, and allergic anaphylactic reactions. Recent studies have shown that there are significant amount of platinum in silicone breast implant gel and envelopes. Platinum has been shown to leak out and accumulate in the scar tissue and fat tissue of women exposed to silicone breast implants. Platinum in compounds that occur in oxidation states other than zero (0) may be harmful to human health. In the compound exachloroplatinate, the oxidation state of platinum is +4. No previous study ever published actually analyzed a breast implant or explant for the various forms of platinum.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The average amount of time the implants were in the women's bodies was approximately fourteen years. The average number of years the women were explanted before the analyses were conducted was six years.

The surgically explanted silicone implants in the study were all 2nd generation implants, from the
1970's through 1988, except for one more recent 3rd generation "low-bleed" silicone gel breast explant. Questionnaires were completed to provide information regarding whether the women had been treated with platinum-based chemotherapy drugs; had worked in occupational settings where exposure to platinum may have occurred; or had dental amalgams that contained platinum.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The average platinum concentration in samples from women exposed to silicone breast implants was found to be the following when compared to samples from individuals with no known platinum exposure:

Hair samples 14 times higher
Nail samples 3 times higher
Breast Milk 100 times higher
Urine 60 - 1700 times higher

Our results indicate that platinum migrates from silicone implants via the lymphatic and blood systems into the urine, sweat, and breast milk, with deposits and accumulation in hair and nails. Platinum, including ionized forms of platinum, may persist years after the silicone gel breast implants have been removed. Like lead, platinum may accumulate in bone tissue.

The women did not have other platinum exposures that could explain the results. All silicone envelopes used in silicone, saline, and in testicular implants catalyzed with ionized platinum would be expected to degrade and depolymerize as they age.

CONCLUSION

Silicone gel breast implants are the most likely source of the elevated total platinum levels, and the reactive forms of platinum in women exposed to these devices.

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Please consider the following in support of platinum causing systemic harm to the body:

1Platinum is in cisplatin (a chemotherapy drug). Cisplatin kills cancer cells but also has well
documented toxic side effects. Research in 1992 "Cisplatin Neurotoxicity: The relationship Between
Dosage, Time, and Platinum Concentration in Neurologic Tissues, Tissues, and Morphologic Evidence of Toxicity: states "The increasing histopathologic toxicity, with an index of exposure to platinum, suggest that it is retained indefinitely in an actively neuro-toxic form."

2. Canadian research 1995 by Templeton documenting significant platinum found in silicone gel indicating that the Pt catalyst used in polymerization is not removed during the manufacturing process.

3. Dow notified the EPA of substantial risk to Dow Corning 3-8015 Intermediate (Platinum #2). Proprietary Dow Corning formulation indicates 3-8015 INT (Platinum2) contains chloroplatinic acid.

4. Baylor College of Medicine 1997 research found that the rates at which both low molecular weigh silicones and platinum were observed to leak from intact implants could lead to significant ccumulation within lipid-rich tissues.

5. Research by Farago in 1997 presented at The Sixth Nordic Symposium on Trace Elements in Human Health and Disease used ICP-MS to measure platinum in blood and urine of roadside workers, precious metal workers, versus controls. The researches state that platinum provides an excellent example of the significance of speciation in metal toxicity. They further state that the allergic response to platinum increases with increasing number of chlorine atoms, one of the most potent compounds being hexachloroplatinic acid. Certain Pt compounds are known to be cytotoxic and have mutagenic and carcinogenic effects, and to have effects on microorganisms at very low concentrations.

6. Baylor College of Medicine 1999 research using distillate which containedplatinum and cyclosiloxanes indicated that these compounds are highly toxic and produced extensive tissue injury and death in mice.

7. Plaintiffs' Supplemental Submission on the Chemistry and Toxicology of Platinum was submitted to
the United States District Court MDL 926 on March 25, 1999 which included a letter from Ernest Lykissa, Ph.D., forensic toxicologist, stating that the platinum from breast implants was found to have a valence of 6+ as in platonic acid.

8. German research by Flassbeck et al (2003) document significant platinum levels were detected in fibrin layer and fat tissue of two patients with prostheses.

9. Research has been submitted for publication and is being reviewed documenting significant levels of platinum in silicone breast implants implant gel, elastomer, double lumen, foam, and corresponding connective tissue of fifteen women who had their breast implants removed.

10. Research is being written for publication which speciates the platinum released from implants and in the blood, urine, hair, nails, and sweat from thirteen explanted women, their children born after implantation, versus controls including children born prior to implantation. Five out of the first eight explants tested were found to contain platinum in the oxidized form as high as 6+.

11. Independent research by the FDA and NIH found increased risk of fibromyalgia, lung and brain cancers in breast-implanted women.

12. Research is being proposed and funds raised to determine if the platinum atom from breast implants attaches to DNA in the same manner as the platinum in cisplatin (which has a valence of 2+).

13. Unpublished research has been submitted to the FDA documenting significant platinum was found in the breast milk of an implanted mother.

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234,187 Adverse Reports to FDA on Breast Implants ... as of 30 Apr 2002

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ABSTRACT:

Silicosis and other occupational diseases are still important even in the most developed countries... * *In fact, at present, silica exposure may be a risk factor for human health not only for workers but also for consumers... Furthermore, this exposure is associated with many other different disorders besides pulmonary silicosis, such as progressive systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, glomerulonephritis and vasculitis. The relationships between these silica-related diseases need to be clarified, but pathogenic responses to silica are likely to be mediated by interaction of silica particles with the immune system, mainly by activation of acrophages. As regards renal pathology, there is no single specific clinical or laboratory finding of silica-induced nephropathy: renal involvement may occur as a toxic effect or in a context of autoimmune disease, and silica damage may act as an additive factor on an existing, well-established renal disease. An occupational history must be obtained for all renal patients, checking particularly for exposure to silica, heavy metals, and solvents.

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CONSUMER AND MEDICAL PRODUCTS

Silicones have been part of the consumer industry for over 50 years. Because they can be manufactured in various ways, silicones appear in a wide variety of products that most of us use everyday. Hairsprays, suntan lotions, and moisturizing creams are just some of the consumer products that contain one form of silicone called dimethicone. The applications of silicone, whether used as an oil, gel, or solid, are equally extensive in the medical field. For example, the lubricating qualities of silicones make them ideal for coating surgical needles and suture thread, as well as the inside of syringes and bottles used for the storage of blood and intravenous medicines. Protective silicone coatings have also been used in pacemakers and heart valves. Other medical devices utilizing silicones include: artificial joints, catheters, drainage systems, facial implants, tissue expanders, and breast implants. Silicone products have been shown to be biocompatible, reliable, flexible, and easy to sterilize, making them an ideal choice for both implantable and non-implantable medical devices.

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Silica feared as'next asbestos'By Yvette Essen (Filed:

20/09/2004)

Silica sand, which is often turned into a gel and put into handbags and electronic goods to soak up moisture, has become the latest substance to join a list of toxic products worrying underwriters. Aon, the second-largest insurance broker, said individuals extracting silica or working on manufacturing sites may be overexposed to the product, which could lead to silicosis - "a disabling, non-reversible and sometimes fatal lung disease". Other problems can include lung cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, airway diseases, autoimmune disorders and chronic renal disease. The broker has added silica to its toxic substances database, which lists materials troubling the insurance and reinsurance industry. Asbestos and tobacco are also on the list, as is toxic mould - a fungus that grows on walls and carpets, and can lead to respiratory problems. Aon said the potential forclass action is "possible".

While there has been no medical evidence of a link between silica gel and silicosis, reinsurers are investigating whether exposure to silica sand could lead to numerous insurance claims. Mark Hewett, deputy chairman of Guy Carpenter, the world's largest reinsurance broker, said his company is conducting research into silica. He said: "It is a common product in a natural environment but it starts to get hazardous if it is cut and the dust particles get in the air. The big question is, is it the next asbestos? We think it is probably not but it raises a number of similar issues. "Silica is used in the stone masonry business, for glass production and pool filter sand. Aon says ground silica is "ideal for plastics and rubber, polishes and cleansers, glassfibre and precision castings. "Fine-ground silica is a high-quality filler used in paints and coatings. 2 July 2002: Insurers shun 'new asbestos' [toxic mould]