Fwd: Fw: Your Voice is Needed Again: FDA ADVISORY PANEL IS STILL PUTTING INDUSTRY PROFITS OVER GOOD SCIENCE

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> --- Carolyn Wolf <carwol@...> wrote:

> > Subject: Fw: Your Voice is Needed Again: FDA

> > ADVISORY PANEL IS STILL PUTTING INDUSTRY PROFITS

> > OVER GOOD SCIENCE

> > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:58:14 -0400

> >

> > Your Voice is Needed Again: FDA ADVISORY PANEL IS

> > STILL PUTTING INDUSTRY PROFITS OVER GOOD

> SCIENCEOnce

> > again we ask for your help -- we need letters to

> go

> > to members of Congress, as well as the director of

> > the FDA..

> > At the hearings scientists spoke about the high

> > levels, in implanted women, of the heavy metal

> > Platinum, which every tested woman had; their

> > children who were born after the mother's

> > implantation also showed elevated levels of the

> > platinum. We don't know how many ill women and

> > crippled children are needed --as well as death

> > statistics -- in order to PROVE the danger of

> these

> > implants... This company has the pporest kept

> > records of any manufacturer --have kept their own

> > records for only 2 years, but " borrowed " the

> records

> > of plastic surgeons in England to present as

> > evidence..They were told in 1992 to keep records

> of

> > all implantations, but supposedly, they just could

> > not keep up with the records!!

> >

> > Thank you...Please pass on to everybody on your

> > e-mail list..

> >

> > Thanks!

> > Carolyn

> > Your Voice is Needed Again: FDA ADVISORY

> > PANEL IS STILL PUTTING INDUSTRY PROFITS OVER GOOD

> > SCIENCE

> >

> >

> > Your Voice is Needed Again: FDA

> > ADVISORY PANEL IS STILL PUTTING INDUSTRY PROFITS

> > OVER GOOD SCIENCE

> >

> > FDA ADVISORY PANEL STILL

> > PUTTING INDUSTRY PROFITS OVER GOOD SCIENCE Take

> > Action!

> >

> > Split Decision by Implant

> > Panel Leaves it Up to Dr. Crawford to Choose

> Between

> > Industry Profits and Women's Safety

> >

> > On Tuesday and Wednesday,

> > April 12-13 the Food and Drug Administration's

> > Advisory Panel on silicone breast implants

> > recommended that one company's product be kept off

> > the market, while another's could go forward for

> > public use. FDA's own scientists found that both

> > companies failed to sufficiently respond to

> > questions regarding the safety of their devices,

> but

> > the panel still voted to ignore the scientific

> > evidence.

> >

> > We must tell Acting

> > Commissioner Dr. Lester Crawford to support the

> > findings of FDA's own scientists. He must uphold

> the

> > integrity of the scientific process.

> >

> > Will Dr. Crawford protect

> > America's health? His decision on this matter will

> > tell.

> >

> > Dr. Crawford must reject

> > both applications in order to:

> >

> > ·Restore credibility to

> the

> > FDA, and

> > ·Protect women from health

> > risks posed by silicone implants.

> >

> > Based on the scientific

> > evidence from the industry's own data, there is no

> > choice for Dr. Crawford but to reject these

> > applications.

> >

> > For women across the

> > country, THERE IS NO CHOICE WITHOUT A SAFE CHOICE.

>

> >

> > MAKE SURE THAT THE FDA IS

> > GUIDED BY SCIENCE, NOT POLITICS.

> >

> > Millions of women depend

> on

> > the FDA to set an unbiased, reasonable standard of

> > safety. For the public, the FDA stamp of approval

> > implies that there is no danger. Without long-term

> > research on these implants it is impossible to

> draw

> > such a conclusion.

> >

> > TELL DR. CRAWFORD, MEMBERS

> > OF CONGRESS, AND THE WHITE HOUSE THAT THE FDA MUST

> > PUT SAFETY FIRST. FDA MUST PUT SCIENCE AHEAD OF

> > INDUSTRY PROFITS AND REJECT APPROVAL OF SILICONE

> > IMPLANTS FOR GENERAL USE. ACT NOW!

> >

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