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Well, ladies, here is the culmination of the hard work we have put forth

here in Nevada in the last 6 weeks regarding bill AB667, which included

many meetings, several hearings with moving testimonies from ill women,

details of the fraud and deceit committed by Dow Corning testified to by the

attornies, phone calls, faxes, and of course, the urgent and frantic

stammering of the Dow lobbyists about their innocence in all of this....we

were hopeful, and left disappointed, tired, but NEVER defeated. This is not

the end of the story.

Patty

----- Original Message -----

From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

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Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:12 AM

Subject: Breast implant bill stalls ~ Las Vegas Review-Journal

> ~~~ Kudoes for the wonderful women and attorneys who have worked on this

> bill so diligently. Thanks SweetCaroline for sending this ~ you all

deserve

> to have won it! ~~~

>

>

> Monday, June 04, 2001

> Las Vegas Review-Journal

>

> Breast implant bill stalls

>

> Holdup means measure all but dead

>

> THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

>

> CARSON CITY -- An attempt to allow more lawsuit opportunities for Nevadans

> who are seriously ill from silicone breast implants or injections stalled

> Sunday in a state Senate committee.

>

> The holdup means Assembly Bill 667, by Assemblywoman Ellen Koivisto, is

all

> but dead.

>

> " They did the hearings and threw the ladies a bone but (the Senate panel)

> is kissing them off, " said Koivisto, D-Las Vegas.

>

> The bill swept through the Assembly earlier this month. Senate Commerce

and

> Labor then held two hearings on the bill, but have failed to vote on it.

>

> Commerce and Labor Chairman Sen. Randolph Townsend, R-Reno, said four

votes

> are needed to move AB667 to the Senate floor -- and he's one of only two

> supporters. The other is Sen. Maggie Carlton, D-Las Vegas.

>

> The bill, sought by women who suffered health problems caused by silicone

> injections or implants, provides victims one year to pursue action against

> any manufacturer of the material, including Dow Chemical Co., which, with

> Corning Inc., was responsible for manufacturing the material in a joint

> venture. Dow Corning stopped making the implants in 1992.

>

> The measure would help about 500 women who missed an earlier lawsuit

> deadline, said Attorney Geoffrey White.

>

>

>

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