Dr. Diana Zuckerman, the President of the National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families, believes that women should know that breast implants do break down and insurance does not cover breast implant removal.
October 13, 2003
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- Dr. Diana Zuckerman, the President of the National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families, believes that adequate, reliable research on the effects of silicone breast implants must study women who have had breast implants for at least seven to ten years.
- Dr. Diana Zuckerman, the President of the National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families, believes that the current FDA hearings to lift restrictions on silicone breast implants are an example of corporate greed.
- At a protest in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, says that the FDA already knows the dangers of silicone gel breast implants and that there are currently lawsuits from the Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid suing breast implant manufacturers for the costs of taking care of breast implant injuries.
- At a protest in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Martha Burke of the National Council of Women Organizations says that the FDA has failed American women and urges the FDA to delay approval of silicone breast implants, to allow more long-term research of breast implants, and resist influence from corporations.
- At a protest in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, former actress and breast implant survivor, Mary McDonough asks why the FDA is using only three years of breast implant data in their hearings next week regarding lifting restrictions on marketing and sale of silicone breast implants when most health complications usually begin seven to ten years after implantation.
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