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rontline: breast implants on trial: Breast Implant Chronology | PBS|
About 13000 breast implant lawsuits are pending against Dow Chemical. November 1995 New global settlement is devised minus Dow Corning. ... |
Update On Breast Implants: The New Evidence Against DOW Chemical
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Dow Corning relied on Dow Chemical's expertise in the silicone field to such an extent that Dow Corning did not perform a single study on a breast implant ... |
News Updates - Dow Corning News - breast implant lawyer - implant ...
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This means that you must have your Dow Corning breast implants removed and .... is because Dow Corning and Dow Chemical's insistence they will not allow the ... |
Dow Chemical Deceived Women On Breast Implants, Jury Decides - New ...
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Lawyers for women who received breast implants have claimed that Dow Chemical, which, together with Corning Inc. owns Dow Corning, was involved in the ... |
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What Dow Chemical did was conceal the hazards of liquid silicone that makes up 85 percent of the gel in silicone gel breast implants. ... |
THE REVERSAL OF FORTUNE ON BREAST IMPLANTS - September 29, 1997
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"Phase I" focused on whether Dow Chemical had a responsibility to the women who had Dow Corning breast implants--and whether it had acted negligently toward ... |
CNN - Jury awards $3.9 million in breast implant case - Oct. 28, 1995
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RENO, Nevada (CNN) -- Dow Chemical was ordered Saturday to pay $3.9 million in compensatory damages to a woman who sued over faulty breast implants. ... |
CNN - Class-action victory just first step in breast implant ...
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Attorneys for breast-implant recipients say court documents indicate Dow-Corning asked its sister company, Dow Chemical, to run tests to determine if ... |
Dow Corning's Breast Implant Scandal (Ethikos Archives)
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In March 1992, the company commenced getting out of the silicone breast implant business. Dow Chemical Chairman Frank Popoff (Dow Corning is a joint venture ... |
Vaccine Manufacturers and Breast Implant Manufacturers: Same Game ...
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In 1962, Dow Corning Corp., a joint venture of the Dow Chemical Co. and Corning, Inc., introduced the first silicone breast implant. ... |
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Nevadans Drop Last Obstacle To DOW Settlement Plan; Breast Implant ...
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In October, Nevada attorney Geoff White's client Charlotte Malhum wins her suit against Dow Chemical for breast implant injuries. Malhum maintained that Dow ... |
Google Answers: Dow Chemical Silicon Breast Implants -- Victims ...
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Subject: Dow Chemical Silicon Breast Implants -- Victims, Symptoms, Physicians Category: Health > Conditions and Diseases Asked by: steph123-ga ... |
Frontline: breast implants on trial: Biographies of Lawyers | PBS
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Represented Dow Chemical in suit in Cook County Circuit Court arising ... Nationally recognized spokesperson on the subject of breast implant litigation. ... |
Lawyer helps breast-implant victims collect
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White pursued the suit against Dow Chemical as a means of recovering his firm’s ... For Dow Corning breast implant settlement updates, call 888-875-5949 or ... |
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September 1996 The California Court of Appeal upholds a decision dismissing Dow Chemical and Dow Corning from 1800 breast-implant lawsuits. ... |
The Militant - 8/21/95 -- Women Fight Dow Over Deadly Breast Implants
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Dow Chemical is the parent company of Dow Corning, the nation's largest manufacturer of breast implants. The dangers of implants, in use since the early ... |
USATODAY.com - Women drop appeal of breast implant settlement
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Dow Corning, a joint venture of Dow Chemical and Corning, was forced into ... with all types of silicone implants — not just breast implants, Knowles said. ... |
DOW Chemical & the Toxic Industry : Common Courage PressFrom Agent ...
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From Agent Orange to Bhopal to Silicone Breast Implants, New Book Chronicles Controversial Legacy of Dow Chemical Company "Trespass Against Us: Dow Chemical ... |
La. jury rules on implant case.(Dow Chemical Co. convicted by ...
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(Dow Chemical Co. convicted by Louisiana jury in silicone breast implant case) ... based Dow Chemical -- a company that never manufactured breast implants, ... |
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Breast implant product identification issues - Office of Plaintiffs’ .... (or have case closed without prejudice to claims against Dow Corning/Dow Chemical ... |
Breaking News -Breast litigation attorneys, implant problems
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Dow Corning and Dow Chemical and the Tort Claimants' Committee have refused to negotiate the .... Please read our Disclaimer - Breast Implant Litigation ... |
Unsafe At Any Size: Silicon Breast Implants are Still Unsafe ...
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An internal memo from Dow Chemical revealed a plan to build corporate "believability" though ... "A Sexual Subtext to the debate over breast implants? ... |
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Since their introduction in 1962, silicone breast implants have been surgically .... As early as 1956, Dow Chemical researchers knew that liquid silicone, ... |
LAS VEGAS RJ:NEWS: 'MONUMENTAL VICTORY'
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A woman maimed by silicone breast implants said a Nevada Supreme Court ruling last week, reaffirming a $4.2 million verdict she won against Dow Chemical, ... |
Breaking News - breast implant litigation, breast implant ...
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Most silicone-filled breast implants leak or rupture within 8 to 15 years. ... Dow Corning and Dow Chemical and the Tort Claimants' Committee have refused ... |
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If there's no good medical evidence that breast implants cause disease, ... Dow Chemical found liable in landmark breast implant lawsuit from Detroit News ... |
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DOW CHEMICAL CO /DE/ Form:10-Q Filing Date:11/13/2000, Jump to : ... The Company's maximum exposure for breast implant product liability claims against Dow ... |
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Important Information on silicone, saline, breast implants ... In 1954: DOW Corning/Chemical finds that silica in silicone implants has a high order of ... |
T R O U B L E D C O M P A N Y R E P O R T E R Monday, July 13 ...
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breast implants Dow Corning marketed." Silicone breast implants were products of Dow Corning Corporation, in which Dow Chemical and Corning Incorporated ... |
Silicone 15. Breast Augmentation Implants
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Silicone materials exhibit unique properties based on their chemical structure. ... Breast Implants: Dow Corning offered silicone materials to two plastic ... |
The Dow Chemical Company - Company Profile, Information, Business ...
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To say that The Dow Chemical Company is a very large chemical company is an ..... "Chronology of Silicone Breast Implants," Frontline: Breast Implants on ... |
Breast Implant News - Dow Corning Litigation news - Breast Implant ...
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For women who have or had a Dow Corning breast implant, there are two new ways .... in the Settlement Plan AND also be able to sue Dow Chemical and/or other ... |
In 1954: DOW Corning/Chemical finds that silica in silicone implants has a high order of toxicity
In 1954/55: DOW Chemical was informed...by scientist H.C. Spencer in 1954 that silicone causes health problems, and by Dow Chemical scientist, V.K. Rowe in 1955 that silicone spreads throughout the body, and causes organ damage!!!
In 1960: Silicone injections were classified as a criminal offence
In 1968: A scret study conducted by DOW revealed that dogs were implanted with silicone gel filled bags and the silicone leaked and dispersed through the system.
In 1968: "Cockroaches went into the silicone fluid only...and...never got more than a few inches from the dish before dying..." (Texaco and Shell studies obtained from Dow Corning).
In 1975: "I don't 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 letter to his boss)
In 1975: Plastic surgeons complained to DOW Corning that the implants were oily and seemed to be leaking. Salesmen were instructed to wash and ry the implants before showing them to doctors (Buyers)
In 1975: DOW Corning's company training video for plastic surgeons is edited - to delete - references to implant ruptures.
In 1976: Thomas Talcott, senior DOW Corning materials engineer leaves DOW Corning in a dispute over the safety of silicone.
In 1976: DOW Corning study reveals that the lining of silicone implants, loses strength when sitting on the shelf.
In 1976: Art Rathjen a DOW Corning technical services specialist complained about the lack of any scientific evidence for safety of silicone.
In 1978: DOW Corning misrepresents in a patient brochure that laboratory studies prove that implants last a lifetime.
In 1978: William Bolet (DOW Corning's Chief Biomaterials Safety) said that it is highly probable that a woman's onset of lupus is connected to silicone implants.
In 1978: DOW Corning started receiving complaints from salespeople and surgeons, that implants can spontaneously rupture.
In 1985: William Boley and other DOW scientists conclude that the preponderence of available data suggests that silicone can produce immune mediated diseases.
In 1990: "At hearings in December 1990, Dow Corning misled the House Committee on Government Operations by testifying that silicone posed no safety problems or health risks. In addition, Dow Corning also refused to provide key documents requested by the committee" Rep. James Traficant
In 1992: The FDA limits future sales of silicone breast implants!
In 1993: "...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 was no protocols..There was nothing."..(Silas Braley desposition, former director,Dow Corning's Center for Aid to Medical Research.1993)
In 1993: DOW Corning acknowledges that silicone may not be inert.
In 1993: Chief medical officer for DOW Corning said "It clearly raises my concern that silicone gel might cause immune-system diseases."
In 1994: Plastic surgeons file lawsuits against DOW Corning for damaging their reputation and for misrepresenting the quality of the implants.
In 1994: If you have (or had) a ruptured silicone breast implant, you will be denied Health Insurance Coverage.
FYI: The FDA has stated the rupture rate is over 70%
Newsbytes
What Have I Got to Lose?
Many cosmetic changes are easy to undo. Breast implants are not. Once the skin and natural breast tissue have been stretched by breast implants, they will never look the same as they did before the implant surgery. Most plastic surgeons try to persuade their patients to replace a problem implant, warning them that they will be depressed by their appearance if they are taken out and not replaced. This should be of particular concern to parents who are considering implants for their daughters. If a 17-year-old dyes her hair, she can dye it back or grow it out. If she decides to get breast implants, it is a decision that will permanently change her body. If she wasn’t satisfied with the size of her breasts before implants, imagine how she will feel to have breasts that are just as small and also sagging.
Why Weren’t Implants Studied Before They Were Sold to Women?
With all the problems and unanswered questions about breast implants, the obvious question is "Why weren’t implants studied first and improved before selling them to women across the country?"
The FDA did not have the authority to regulate any kinds of implants or medical devices until 1976. Implants had been sold since the 1960s, so they were allowed to stay on the market until the FDA reviewed them. Meanwhile, there was a substantial backlog of products that the FDA needed to review, and cosmetic products like breast implants were not a priority. Unfortunately, the manufacturers did not conduct long-term studies until the FDA required them.
Conclusion
The more than one million women who have breast implants are, without their realizing it, part of a natural "study" to learn what the risks are. Women deserve to be told what is known, and what is not known, before they make this decision. And, if a woman with implants complains of symptoms, she needs to find a plastic surgeon who has a reputation for helping women with implant problems.
Source: http://www.coolnurse.com/breasts.htm
FDA Implant Victory
After months of advocacy by a number of groups, including us, the US Food and Drug Administration turned down wider reintroduction of silicone breast implants. The FDA also instituted stricter guidelines for any future approval. "This is a major victory for our daughter’s health," according to DADs President Joe Kelly, whose testimony before the FDA drew national media attention. "The FDA ruling also stands up to the insanity of valuing people primarily for their looks. This appearance-first toxicity fuels girls’ insecurity – and fuels the bizarre, wasteful explosion in elective cosmetic surgery."
Can My Wife Breastfeed
In almost all cases, implants will not prevent the mammary tissues from producing milk or herr nipples from expressing it. If her surgeon used a technique requiring an incision around her nipple, that can affect the milk ducts, and she might have a harder time nursing. If she's concerned, suggest that she asks her ob-gyn or her plastic surgeon. As for the safety of the milk, no studies have shown that breast milk becomes contaminated by silicone or other products in implants. The milk ducts and implants are in different areas. Source:
Male Breast Reductions
As they move into the new millennium, more and more men are considering plastic surgery as a viable way to improve their appearance. In 1999, close to 11,000 males underwent surgery in America for gynecomastia, which is the medical term for benign enlargement of the male breast tissue. In practical terms, this means abnormally large breasts on men.
Rarely talked about, this condition can cause embarrassment and emotional trauma in boys and men alike who suffer from it. Some estimates reveal 40 to 60 percent of men are affected by this condition. Gynecomastia can develop in either one breast or both. For those males embarrassed or feeling self-conscious about their appearance due to this condition, breast reduction surgery can help. The results of the procedure are significant and permanent. Most males undergoing surgery for gynecomastia have been very satisfied with the results.
Breast Implant Web Sites May be Biased
Women seeking information about breast implants may want to think twice before relying on the Internet as an accurate source of information. Researchers at the Cooper H!ospital University Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey used three search engines to find 41 websites focused on breast augmentation.
www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=46444&src=n60
'Sweet 16' Birthday Gift Causes Concern in Britain
Jenna Franklin is only 15 but she thinks she knows the secret to a successful future -- bigger breasts. Jenna's parents want their daughter to be happy, so they've agreed t!o pay for breast enlargements as a 16th birthday present. The unusual gift grabbed tabloid headlines Thursday, as Britons debated what kind of society places such a high value on appearance, particularly for young women. www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=46625&src=n43
Nose jobs are okay, but implants aren't?
While I agree that the British teenager whose mother wants to give her breast implants is too young for the surgery, I question all the fuss about this particular operation. Many teens get nose jobs or breast reductions -- why are those okay to do?
www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=46633&src=n43
MTV Glamorizes Getting Breast Implants
At least two evenings this week, MTV has run an hour-long special with a three to one support for breast implants, and the sole disscenter received considerably less time regarding the down sides. So, we want you to know that other side. (Since December, this program continues to re-run on at least a weekly basis.)
Interesting side-bar. Sony Flat Screen TV sponsored the show with its ad support.
The Silicone Holocaust site should be mandatory viewing for any man who wants his significant to get breast implants! This is Informed Concent, something your plastic surgeon and their media don't want you to see. Thousands of women are suffering and many are dying, because the FDA didn't do their job. This site will show some of the horrors of disease, and disfigurement, associated with toxis breast implants. This is to alert you to the dangers of implants (in spite of the Science Panel's findings) and will help present the side of the story that your plastic surgeon and the media don't tell. But be prepared. It isn't a pretty site. www.siliconeholocaust.org or E-Mail
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