ilena

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Demonstrators: Keep Silicone Implants Banned

POSTED: 1:04 p.m. EDT October 8, 2003

The government is being urged not to let silicone breast implants back
on the market.

Several dozen people marched Wednesday in front of the Health and
Human Services building in Washington, urging Secretary Tommy Thompson
to block any move to allow sales of the devices to resume.

The demonstrators charge the silicone causes serious diseases and
health problems after it seeps from its shell. They urged Thompson to
block a Food and Drug Administration panel from allowing the implants
back on the market.

They charge the FDA appears willing to only consider the results of a
three-year trial, even though its own researchers warn that problems
with implants greatly increase after seven to 10 years.

The FDA banned implants more than 10 years ago for all but a few
cancer survivors enrolled in special studies.

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Press Release Source: Breast Cancer Action; In the Know; National
Organization for Women; Public Citizen; Feminist Majority Foundation


Consumer & Women's Health Groups Picket HHS Against Approval Of
Silicone Gel Breast Implants
Wednesday October 8, 1:00 pm ET
FDA Poised to Lift Restrictions; Hearings Scheduled Oct 14th & 15th
Women Senators Decry Government Hypocrisy


WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, women harmed by silicone
breast implants traveled from all over the country to picket the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. They called on HHS Secretary
Tommy Thompson to stop the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from
lifting restrictions on the sale of the devices. Women carried giant
photographs of broken breast implants and posters showing terrible
disfigurements caused by the devices and chanted, "Silicone breast
implants hurt women. Tommy Thompson, protect women." For three hours,
women came to the microphone to tell their personal stories of breast
implant problems.

As the women shared their stories in front of HHS, a lawsuit by
another of its agencies, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, asking
for the reimbursement of millions of dollars in health care costs due
to breast implant injuries was made public. A letter from women
senators calling attention to the suit and decrying the government
hypocrisy was circulated. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dianne
Feinstein (D-CA) and Mary Landrieu (D- LA) signed the letter.

The women came to D.C. one week before the FDA convenes an advisory
panel to consider lifting restrictions on silicone gel breast
implants. The FDA is only looking at data from a clinical trial that
began three years ago even through their own researchers have shown
that problems with implants increase dramatically at, on average,
seven to ten years after implantation.

"Another generation of women should not suffer because the FDA has
bowed to pressure from manufacturers and plastic surgeons," said Kim
Gandy, President of the National Organization for Women. "How can the
FDA approve silicone breast implants while its parent agency is suing
for millions in reimbursement? Tommy Thompson must protect American
women from silicone gel breast implants."

Women may get silicone gel breast implants for health reasons and they
are widely available for cosmetic purposes through clinical trials.

Women at the rally spoke of the unacceptably high complication rates
for cancer survivors. "Everyone is concerned about women who need the
devices after mastectomy. But cancer survivors can already get
silicone and saline implants without restriction. So there is no
public health need to approve the devices," said Sybil Niden Goldrich,
who received implants after mastectomy. "Tommy Thompson and Mark
McClellan can not put these things back on the market until we
understand their long-term health effects."

Breast implant sales continue to soar (up over 600 percent between
1992 and 2002). More than 300,000 women received the devices last year
-- more than ever before. All implants fall apart in the body over
time; at least one in four women require additional surgery related to
the implants with five years; and the little long-term health research
that's been done has found increased incidence of cancer and
fibromyalgia.

"Tell me I did not suffer in vain," said Mary McDonough, an actress
who played Erin on the Waltons and who founded the LA-based support
group In the Know with other women from the entertainment community.
"My breast implants nearly killed me. I simply cannot believe that
after all that I have been through -- and everything hundreds of
thousands of women have suffered -- that the FDA would put these back
on the market after looking at only three years of data."

Sponsoring organizations include Breast Cancer Action, In the Know,
the National Organization for Women, Public Citizen, The Feminist
Majority Foundation, The National Council of Women's Organizations,
CAN DO, National Silicone Implant Foundation, Silicone Solutions
Outreach of Northern Louisiana, Toxic Discovery Network and other
groups.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Breast Cancer Action; In the Know; National Organization for
Women; Public Citizen; Feminist Majority Foundation


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

Please sign the Petition asking the FDA to halt the approval of
Inamed's implants based on less than 3 years study.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/705718085

ooreroom

Wow, Ilena, was your url really on this article or did you plagiarize it?

It is not nice to post something that has
already been posted just to pin your toll
gate URL. Why not just paste the URL
that contains the information? You just
can't pass up the chance to try to turn a
buck, can you?

Every time Ilena posts one of her lying
Notes with a url that leads people to
even more of her lying notes, I feel
Compelled to post this:
Ilena,
Truth In Advertising
How about being a little more truthful
by stating that you are advertising
when you post urls that lead people
to your fleecing barn?
Maybe something like:

-----ADVERTISEMENT-----
www.BreastImplantAwareness.ugly

Although I know this would not make
you an honest person, it would make
you appear more honest.
Bob

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ilena

http://www.wxii12.com/health/2540488/detail.html

Demonstrators: Keep Silicone Implants Banned

POSTED: 1:04 p.m. EDT October 8, 2003

The government is being urged not to let silicone breast implants back
on the market.

Several dozen people marched Wednesday in front of the Health and
Human Services building in Washington, urging Secretary Tommy Thompson
to block any move to allow sales of the devices to resume.

The demonstrators charge the silicone causes serious diseases and
health problems after it seeps from its shell. They urged Thompson to
block a Food and Drug Administration panel from allowing the implants
back on the market.

They charge the FDA appears willing to only consider the results of a
three-year trial, even though its own researchers warn that problems
with implants greatly increase after seven to 10 years.

The FDA banned implants more than 10 years ago for all but a few
cancer survivors enrolled in special studies.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031008/dcw048_1.html


Press Release Source: Breast Cancer Action; In the Know; National
Organization for Women; Public Citizen; Feminist Majority Foundation


Consumer & Women's Health Groups Picket HHS Against Approval Of
Silicone Gel Breast Implants
Wednesday October 8, 1:00 pm ET
FDA Poised to Lift Restrictions; Hearings Scheduled Oct 14th & 15th
Women Senators Decry Government Hypocrisy


WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, women harmed by silicone
breast implants traveled from all over the country to picket the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. They called on HHS Secretary
Tommy Thompson to stop the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from
lifting restrictions on the sale of the devices. Women carried giant
photographs of broken breast implants and posters showing terrible
disfigurements caused by the devices and chanted, "Silicone breast
implants hurt women. Tommy Thompson, protect women." For three hours,
women came to the microphone to tell their personal stories of breast
implant problems.

As the women shared their stories in front of HHS, a lawsuit by
another of its agencies, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, asking
for the reimbursement of millions of dollars in health care costs due
to breast implant injuries was made public. A letter from women
senators calling attention to the suit and decrying the government
hypocrisy was circulated. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dianne
Feinstein (D-CA) and Mary Landrieu (D- LA) signed the letter.

The women came to D.C. one week before the FDA convenes an advisory
panel to consider lifting restrictions on silicone gel breast
implants. The FDA is only looking at data from a clinical trial that
began three years ago even through their own researchers have shown
that problems with implants increase dramatically at, on average,
seven to ten years after implantation.

"Another generation of women should not suffer because the FDA has
bowed to pressure from manufacturers and plastic surgeons," said Kim
Gandy, President of the National Organization for Women. "How can the
FDA approve silicone breast implants while its parent agency is suing
for millions in reimbursement? Tommy Thompson must protect American
women from silicone gel breast implants."

Women may get silicone gel breast implants for health reasons and they
are widely available for cosmetic purposes through clinical trials.

Women at the rally spoke of the unacceptably high complication rates
for cancer survivors. "Everyone is concerned about women who need the
devices after mastectomy. But cancer survivors can already get
silicone and saline implants without restriction. So there is no
public health need to approve the devices," said Sybil Niden Goldrich,
who received implants after mastectomy. "Tommy Thompson and Mark
McClellan can not put these things back on the market until we
understand their long-term health effects."

Breast implant sales continue to soar (up over 600 percent between
1992 and 2002). More than 300,000 women received the devices last year
-- more than ever before. All implants fall apart in the body over
time; at least one in four women require additional surgery related to
the implants with five years; and the little long-term health research
that's been done has found increased incidence of cancer and
fibromyalgia.

"Tell me I did not suffer in vain," said Mary McDonough, an actress
who played Erin on the Waltons and who founded the LA-based support
group In the Know with other women from the entertainment community.
"My breast implants nearly killed me. I simply cannot believe that
after all that I have been through -- and everything hundreds of
thousands of women have suffered -- that the FDA would put these back
on the market after looking at only three years of data."

Sponsoring organizations include Breast Cancer Action, In the Know,
the National Organization for Women, Public Citizen, The Feminist
Majority Foundation, The National Council of Women's Organizations,
CAN DO, National Silicone Implant Foundation, Silicone Solutions
Outreach of Northern Louisiana, Toxic Discovery Network and other
groups.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Breast Cancer Action; In the Know; National Organization for
Women; Public Citizen; Feminist Majority Foundation


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For more information and links, you are welcome to visit:

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

Please sign the Petition asking the FDA to halt the approval of
Inamed's implants based on less than 3 years study.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/705718085

ooreroom

http://www.wxii12.com/health/2540488/detail.html

Demonstrators: Keep Silicone Implants Banned

POSTED: 1:04 p.m. EDT October 8, 2003

The government is being urged not to let silicone breast implants back
on the market.

Several dozen people marched Wednesday in front of the Health and
Human Services building in Washington, urging Secretary Tommy Thompson
to block any move to allow sales of the devices to resume.

The demonstrators charge the silicone causes serious diseases and
health problems after it seeps from its shell. They urged Thompson to
block a Food and Drug Administration panel from allowing the implants
back on the market.

They charge the FDA appears willing to only consider the results of a
three-year trial, even though its own researchers warn that problems
with implants greatly increase after seven to 10 years.

The FDA banned implants more than 10 years ago for all but a few
cancer survivors enrolled in special studies.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031008/dcw048_1.html


Press Release Source: Breast Cancer Action; In the Know; National
Organization for Women; Public Citizen; Feminist Majority Foundation


Consumer & Women's Health Groups Picket HHS Against Approval Of
Silicone Gel Breast Implants
Wednesday October 8, 1:00 pm ET
FDA Poised to Lift Restrictions; Hearings Scheduled Oct 14th & 15th
Women Senators Decry Government Hypocrisy


WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, women harmed by silicone
breast implants traveled from all over the country to picket the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. They called on HHS Secretary
Tommy Thompson to stop the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from
lifting restrictions on the sale of the devices. Women carried giant
photographs of broken breast implants and posters showing terrible
disfigurements caused by the devices and chanted, "Silicone breast
implants hurt women. Tommy Thompson, protect women." For three hours,
women came to the microphone to tell their personal stories of breast
implant problems.

As the women shared their stories in front of HHS, a lawsuit by
another of its agencies, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, asking
for the reimbursement of millions of dollars in health care costs due
to breast implant injuries was made public. A letter from women
senators calling attention to the suit and decrying the government
hypocrisy was circulated. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dianne
Feinstein (D-CA) and Mary Landrieu (D- LA) signed the letter.

The women came to D.C. one week before the FDA convenes an advisory
panel to consider lifting restrictions on silicone gel breast
implants. The FDA is only looking at data from a clinical trial that
began three years ago even through their own researchers have shown
that problems with implants increase dramatically at, on average,
seven to ten years after implantation.

"Another generation of women should not suffer because the FDA has
bowed to pressure from manufacturers and plastic surgeons," said Kim
Gandy, President of the National Organization for Women. "How can the
FDA approve silicone breast implants while its parent agency is suing
for millions in reimbursement? Tommy Thompson must protect American
women from silicone gel breast implants."

Women may get silicone gel breast implants for health reasons and they
are widely available for cosmetic purposes through clinical trials.

Women at the rally spoke of the unacceptably high complication rates
for cancer survivors. "Everyone is concerned about women who need the
devices after mastectomy. But cancer survivors can already get
silicone and saline implants without restriction. So there is no
public health need to approve the devices," said Sybil Niden Goldrich,
who received implants after mastectomy. "Tommy Thompson and Mark
McClellan can not put these things back on the market until we
understand their long-term health effects."

Breast implant sales continue to soar (up over 600 percent between
1992 and 2002). More than 300,000 women received the devices last year
-- more than ever before. All implants fall apart in the body over
time; at least one in four women require additional surgery related to
the implants with five years; and the little long-term health research
that's been done has found increased incidence of cancer and
fibromyalgia.

"Tell me I did not suffer in vain," said Mary McDonough, an actress
who played Erin on the Waltons and who founded the LA-based support
group In the Know with other women from the entertainment community.
"My breast implants nearly killed me. I simply cannot believe that
after all that I have been through -- and everything hundreds of
thousands of women have suffered -- that the FDA would put these back
on the market after looking at only three years of data."

Sponsoring organizations include Breast Cancer Action, In the Know,
the National Organization for Women, Public Citizen, The Feminist
Majority Foundation, The National Council of Women's Organizations,
CAN DO, National Silicone Implant Foundation, Silicone Solutions
Outreach of Northern Louisiana, Toxic Discovery Network and other
groups.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Source: Breast Cancer Action; In the Know; National Organization for
Women; Public Citizen; Feminist Majority Foundation


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For more information and links, you are welcome to visit:

http://www.homestead.com/siliconecit...ent_ilena.html

www.breastimplantinfo.org

http://www.sfdct.com/purpose.cfm

Please sign the Petition asking the FDA to halt the approval of
Inamed's implants based on less than 3 years study.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/705718085