French breast implants: a Science-ish saga?
Editorial:
From Macleans:
Since December, health authorities around the world have been scrambling about what to do with women who have French-made Poly Implant Prosthesis (PIP) breast implants lodged in their bodies. After being approved for market, it recently emerged that PIP implants were filled with non-medical grade silicone—unbeknownst to regulators—and that their manufacturer had got rid of an outer skin to keep the implants from leaking and breaking.
What’s science-ish about this?
Watching different countries respond to the news has been a science-ish drama in the making. In December, the French government advised 30,000 women with PIP implants to have them purged on the public purse. Health authorities said there was a possible link between the implants and cancer, citing the deaths of women who had the dubious implants.
Since then, just about every country that had previously authorized PIP implants mounted a different response to the news that silicone meant for mattresses was now in the chests of women around the world.
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Source:
Macleans
URL:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/french-breast-implants-a-science-ish-saga/
Date:
January 13, 2012
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