Breast Implant Survivors
Moore, Anne Elizabeth
BREAST IMPLANT SURVIVORS About 100 women from around the country suffering from sili-cone-related health problems took part in a rally on Capitol Hill on July 12 to urge a Congressional...
...Dow Corning and other implant manufacturers have insisted their products are harmless, even after agreeing to pay $4.2 billion to more than 400,000 women...
...Dow Corning filed for bankruptcy protection in May, effectively tying up the settlement...
...Janet Van Winkle, head of American Silicone Implant Survivors (AS-IS), based in Kirkwood, Missouri, presented petitions signed by thousands of women and their families requesting a Congressional investigation of Dow Corning...
...For more information, or to subscribe to the AS-IS newsletter for $25, contact AS-IS, (314) 821-01 IS, 1288 Cork Elm Drive, Kirkwood, MO 63122...
...BREAST IMPLANT SURVIVORS About 100 women from around the country suffering from sili-cone-related health problems took part in a rally on Capitol Hill on July 12 to urge a Congressional investigation of Dow Corning, the maker of breast implants...
...Representative James Traficant, Democrat of Ohio, and sixteen other members of Congress have requested that the House Committee on Government Oversight look into the women's allegations that Dow Corning knowingly withheld information about the harmful effects of silicone when it sold breast implants, and that it declared bankruptcy to avoid paying the settlement it agreed to with women harmed by implants—charges the company vehemently denies...
Vol. 59 • September 1995 • No. 9
