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Close to you: PIP breast implant check-up

EuroparlTV goes to the doctors in the UK to analyse the fallout from the PIP breast implant scandal and to see how it is being followed up.

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 

PIP IMPLANTS? - REPORT YOURS!

If you haven,t already completed an Incident Report for the MHRA about your PIP implants now is the time to do so! Anytime between now and the 18 September 2012 would be best. This is currently the only way to make a report for the record and to show British Authorities how much and how many of us have been affected by fraudulent PIP implants. Get your serial numbers out and report away ... do this for you and for all those who have been affected. ♥ Make your Incident Report Here: http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Reportingsafetyproblems/Devices/index.htm

What Happens Now?

We recognise that as women are recovering, many are preparing to put this terrible scandal behind them and focus on the things that matter to them now that they feel better.


Work, family, friends may have had to take a back-seat for a while when we were undergoing surgery or in recovery. Now we are starting to feel better, it,s time to find the balance that suits us and our familes.

PIP free, is where we all aim to be in time - back to our happy selves - closing one of the most significant and traumatic chapters in our lives.

It,s really important that you stay in contact tho! Or at least make sure we have a way of reaching you.  We dont think all our health problems caused by PIP implants will be resolved through removal and now we know breast implants have limited life spans and future care and treatment is inevitable for most of us.  We dont believe the whole story has been unravelled yet so there may be a need to get in touch again, a little way down the line.

The most important reason for checking in from time to time is in support of the women who may still be waiting for treatment, or facing complications. Because we all know how hard that is.

Anxious Times for all women affected by PIP implants 

This data comes from a short survey involving 66 women with PIP Implants in Britain after the Expert Group Final Report published in June 2012.

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T O X I C 

Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane D4

Reprotoxic Category 2 Hazard statement H361f*** 

Suspected of damaging fertility.

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