They knew in 1989 That Implants May Pose Risk Of Later Harm

Science : New York Times 1989

Data Suggest That Implants May Pose Risk Of Later Harm

By SANDRA BLAKESLEE

Published: July 25, 1989

The following quote comes from an article published in the Science section of the New York Times in 1989 when Science looked very different to the "FAKE" science surrounding breast implants today. 

Ruptured PIP breast implants

"...When a material is implanted, it sits in a protein-rich bath found throughout body tissues. Immediately, proteins begin sticking to the surface of the device and, after several hours, it is coated in a mixture of proteins. Depending on the type of material, physical interactions involving charged particles and magnetic fields occur between the implant's surface and the proteins. The interaction is sufficiently energetic to alter the shape of proteins sticking to the implant, so that the proteins expose binding sites that attract other circulating proteins designed to recognize trouble.

One set of circulating proteins initiates blood clots and covers the implant with thick layers of scar tissue called fibrin. 

Over a period of years, according to the accumulating evidence, the body's reaction to an implant can cause significant health problems in some patients.

Chronic inflammation, researchers say, can literally eat away bone. Some implant recipients suffer chronic, intermittent low-grade fevers. Some people seem highly tolerant of their implants but then experience flare ups years later. 

Implants can also become infected with bacteria many years after surgery. Dental surgery, for instance, can release bacteria that end up on the implant, causing an abcess-like condition. The failure of artificial hearts has been linked to chronic infections in most of the patients who received them. 

Problems With Breast Implants 

Many women who receive breast implants develop hard lumps, the result of scarring, that have to be cracked by hand. The silicone gel used in implants sometimes leaks, migrating to lymph nodes and other tissues.

Doctors also warn that is it extremely difficult to detect cancer in women with breast implants because the implant obscures small tumors. Two studies have found that when women with implants develop cancer, their prognosis is worse than women without implants, possibly because their tumors were not detected as early as would have been possible without the implant.

At the same time, a system of 18 circulating proteins, called complement, is activated in an acute inflammatory response to the surgery. The implant area gets red, hot, swollen and painful. Macrophages, or scavenger cells, ''graze'' on the fibrin coated implant, producing peroxide and other destructive forms of oxygen. Eventually the macrophages communicate with and activate other specialized proteins involved in inflammation and immunity. "...

Read the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/25/science/data-suggest-that-implants-may-pose-risk-of-later-harm.html?pagewanted=all&mcubz=0

Reporting Adverse Events Linked to Your Implants

Adverse event reporting is supposed to help the health & safety regulators identify potential problems. Not enough reports were being made all the time PIP were being used. In the UK the MHRA say they have been and will continue to monitor adverse event reports from PIP women. Most women have no idea they are able to report adverse events linked with their implants. But if we dont report our bleeds, ruptures, our lymph node surgeries and symptoms the MHRA and the government will continue to ignore us and our symptoms. 

If you have experienced an adverse effect you associate with your PIP implants, please report them and ask your GP and/or surgeon to do the same. 

Lets do it everyone! Report Yours!  ♡

♥ Together we can make a difference!

In the UK Report Yours to MHRA using this link

https://www.gov.uk/report-problem-medicine-medical-device

In France report adverse events to ANSM

In Australia report adverse events to TGA
https://apps.tga.gov.au/prod/mdir/udir03.aspx

In Germany report adverse events to Bfarm

In the USA report adverse events to FDA

In Sweden report adverse events to MPA

Please refer to your Medical Devices Regulatory authority if your country is not shown here.

Dear Emily❊

“More than 100,000 women and their families in the European Union have been affected by the PIP fraud,

I am one of these women, this is my story...”

PIP Action Campaign made a complaint to the EU Ombudsman regarding the treatment of the women affected by PIP implants. It is clear that the European Commission is not responding to the PIP crisis with honesty, credible science or compassion.

We are encouraging all women affected by PIP implants to write to Emily O’Reilly the EU Ombudsman with details of their own personal stories and experiences of PIP.

We want to let the authorities know the extent to which the current policy has added to the stress and horror of PIP for each and every one of us.

We would like everyone affected to take part and add their voice. Of course, the more women who write the better.

We know that behind every PIP implant there is a broken heart. This is why each “Dear Emily” letter will be a painful, emotional and a courageous act.

But we hope it will make a difference Dear Emily.

Lets try it and see!
Full details of PIP Action Campaign’s complaint to the Ombudsman, reference 174/2015/FOR, can be found on the Ombudsman website. In the final decision Emily O’Reilly stated “The Commission should continue to evaluate new scientific data relating to the safety of PIP implants." And that’s what we want!

http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/cases/decision.faces/en/61195/html.bookmark

To contact Dear Emily, the EU Ombudsman, use the contact form on the Ombudsman website. 

You can type into the form or you can attach a file.
Find the Contact form here:
http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/shortcuts/contacts.faces

You will also find web links to the Contact Form on all PIP Action Campaign & PIPSLEAK social networks.

If you have been affected by the PIP fraud you are invited to take part.

What? Chemicals in Implants? Are they SAFE?

What chemicals & what manufacturing procedures were used by PIP in manufacturing fraudulent implants? ANYONE KNOW?

Doctor Brawer in the USA says:

The Australian Regulator (TGA) did some tests on PIP

From TGA Australia

TGA on Cyclic Siloxanes D4, D5, D6

Presence of D4, D5 and D6 siloxanes
AFSSAPS noted that some batches of unauthorised gels contained higher amounts of small silicone molecules (called low molecular weight siloxanes) than the authorised gel. Thus, the TGA is testing the gels to determine the presence of D4, D5 and D6 siloxanes. Test results from GC-MS analyses indicate D4 is present in the gels of PIP breast implants at between 0 and 261ppm, with a median of 136ppm. D5 is present between 0-710ppm, with a median of 434ppm. D5 is present between 0 and 1005, with a median of 470ppm. There does not seem to be any relationship between the year of manufacture of the gel and the presence of D4, D5 and D6 siloxanes. These values could change with the testing of further samples.
Information provided by the suppliers of the raw materials, which were used to produce the gel used in PIP breast implants, together with more recent detailed information provided to the TGA by AFSSAPS, does suggest that the TGA findings are a reasonable estimate of the content of these siloxanes.

http://www.tga.gov.au/alert/pip-breast-implants-tga-update-2-april-2012

The SCENIHR report reproduced this table showing the concentrations of D4, D5 and D6

Published in SCENIHR 

Can EU identify EDC's Staring Them in the Face?

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY
Brussels, 22th of July 2015 

Report on public consultation on defining criteria for identifyingendocrine disruptors in the context of the implementation of the Plant Protection Product Regulation and Biocidal Products Regulation

This consultation was different from other public consultations in that respondents were asked to provide data (for example methodologies used to select endocrine disrupting substances or to identify the socio-economic impact of identified endocrine disruptors). No specific questions were included that asked respondents’ opinions. This report cannot, therefore, provide quantitative information on the views held by different stakeholders. 

"The socio-economic impact of identified endocrine disruptors" limiting jobs for poisoning women and harming children! 

A risk-based approach for regulating endocrine disruptors was proposed by many respondents who identified themselves as farmers, private companies, industrial or trade organisations, or authorities in non-EU countries. Many respondents supported the use of the WHO/IPC 2002 definition as a starting point for defining an endocrine disruptor.  

That's a very interesting figure DG Health & Food Safety ... "Many Respondents" 

EU Priorities for Health

SPEECH - 16 July 2015By COMMISSIONER 

Vytenis Andriukaitis

(2014-2019)Health & Food Safety

Speaking points on priorities for Health - European Policy Centre -

I have already said that on many occasions – a high level of health protection in all EU policies and activities is enshrined in the treaty. What does this mean in practice? For me it means that I need to strive for health to be included in all policy areas. I need to ensure that the Commission puts the health of European citizens first.
I personally made a commitment before the European Parliament to pursue Prevention, Promotion, and Protection in relation to health.

Join the CQC Complaint Call-in

British women have been told by the CQC they have not received any complaints about HMG.  We were surprised.  If you have already made a CQC complaint, we would love to hear from you.  If not, we urge you to call-in to the CQC with your complaint today.

Here are all the details you need:

 

Feel free to join the CQC Call-in event on Facebook

PIP Implant Analysis

British 'experts' advising the government do not consider further testing necessary on fraudulent PIP implants 

For some unexplained motive, the health authorities in Britain have taken the view that nothing can be gained by conducting further testing on fraudulent PIP implants. Yet physicians, surgeons, independent experts and victims, particularly those reporting immune system, neurological and toxicity illness still want answers!

"We hope that as more facts about PIP Implants emerge,  there will be a greater level of understanding of our symptoms and a better standard of care and treatment from the medical professionals treating us."

If you have explanted PIP implants and you wish to participate in and contribute to studies on PIP implants, you will find all the details you need here!

There are two forms to complete.  The first is the PIP Implant Analysis form which you see below and can be completed online, the second is the Symptom Survey which you can download here:
http://pipactioncampaign.org/Symptom%20Survey%20web.pdf 

PIP Implants can be sent for analysis regardless of where you are in the world.  Regrettably as many as half a million women and their families have been affected globally by the PIP implant fraud.

Participating in studies on PIP implants will not provide all the answers but it gives all of us hope that more will be learned about the effects of contaminated silicones on our bodies for the future.

Dr Beretta, the senior chemist undertaking the analyses at Milan University, talks about his preliminary findings in some detail on PIP Action Campaign's social networking and Facebook pages.  Please feel free to join in the discussions and to learn more about PIP Implant Analysis at our Facebook Group:

Request to join the PIP Action Campaign group on Facebook or find us on the web at PIP Action Campaign and at PIPSLEAK


Send the completed Symptom Survey with your implants to the laboratory at Milan University at the address that you can find at the end of the PIP Implant Analysis form below.  

Harley Medical Group : PIP Patient Survey

Harley Medical Group Advertising after liquidation. 

HMG claim they have "setting the gold standard for 30 years"  

All PIP Implants must be REMOVED

PIP IMPLANT Case Notes

The British PIP IMPLANTS SCANDAL

Tens of thousands of British women have been affected by international health fraud and the British government response is a scandal!

British women are being denied access to diagnostics, care, treatment and on-going monitoring.  This should be of concern to everyone because health fraud is serious, people die!  It was the death of a French woman with ruptured PIP implants that sparked international concerns.

The scandal has exposed serious failings in all aspects of the cosmetic surgery industry.  It is also having a devastating impact of the health and well-being of all those affected, as many as 500,000 women worldwide!

The British policy characterised by the over-reliance on inadequate test data has led to thousands of women facing serious health issues with no access to healthcare.

Time for Change!

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A Personal Account of a Health Fraud

TOXIC PIP IMPLANTS : WORLD HEALTH CRISIS

A Campaign for Change

Please Sign the Petition

Women everywhere with TOXIC PIP implants are suffering, they are being poisoned, they are frightened, anxious and in pain. We want our governments to recognise the Crisis and change policies which prevent access to the health care & treatment we so desperately need. The World Health Organisation/OMS has recognised the PIP Implant scandal as a Health Crisis. Health Crisis Funding is necessary to help the large numbers of women and children affected into urgent, healthcare, treatment and on-going monitoring.

Every Signature Counts. Thank you.

TOXIC PIP IMPLANTS - World Health Crisis

Change.org|The Proven Petition Site

Wear Something Yellow 7 December 2012

Wear Something Yellow 7 December 2012

Please Join in and support this international social networking event to 

raise awareness of the health issues facing all those with toxic PIP Implants.

See the event on Facebook 

Wear Something Yellow - 7th December 2012

BAIL??? JAIL for LIFE

Five hundred thousand women and their families world will be devastated by news from France today that 73yr old, criminal fraudster JC Mas has left detention and is released on Bail. TOXIC breast implants, manufactured by PIP as part of a massive international health fraud, earned the Mas, his associates and close family members huge financial benefits at the expense of the health of women from 65 countries.  When questioned by journalists on leaving jail, the thin and pathetic Mas responds to questions concerning his state of mind, saying “I am nothing”.  How is it possible that such an evil man, who founded his manufacturing plant with illegal funds, walk free from any jail?

How can this be JUSTICE?

Dramatic rise in PIP breast implant ruptures in Australia

According to a report 

By Daniel Piotrowski

From: news.com.au

October 11, 2012 12:00AM

Huge rise in PIP breast implants rupturing in Aussie women

The numbers: More than 6000 Aussie women have PIP implants

"Systemic failure": Senator says ... medicines watchdog had PIP crisis

“THE number of breast implants rupturing has soared this year, fuelling urgent calls for a national register for women to log their surgeries.A staggering 429 breast implants produced by French company PIP, have ruptured between January and September this year, according to new figures from the medicines watchdog, the Therapeutic Goods Administration TGA.This number rose from just 37 recorded at the start of the year.In January, the TGA said it would not call for the more than 6000 Aussie women who have PIP implants to have them removed, despite the French Government recommending all French women have them taken out.At the time the TGA said they had received only 37 indications of rupture and this was “well within the expected rupture rate for silicone breast implants.”But independent Senator Nick Xenophon said the alarming new figures were proof the Government must take action.”

Read More: via Dramatic rise in PIP breast implant ruptures in Australia | News.com.au.

The D.I.R.T. Committee by Gail Hamilton

The story of silicone implants and their link to serious health issues is not new.  It began decades ago, when multi-national chemical, biotech and silicone manufacturers  first identified a market.

THE D.I.R.T. COMMITTEE is the true story of one woman in the USA, but it could be the story of any woman who has silicone implants. Gail Hamilton’s story, from implant to illness and fight for survival, to investigation of incriminating documents, to settlement almost a decade earlier runs parallel to the PIP breast implant scandal. Get your copy here  

PIPSLEAK

The PIP Implant scandal has had a devastating impact on as many as 400,000 women and their families worldwide.  

In Britain alone there are in excess of 47,000 victims.

On more than three occasions the Government has taken action to minimise the very serious concerns of those affected by publishing hasty and misleading reports about the dangers of PIP implants.

What's the real story?  Find out at PIPSLEAK