Re: Fw: Fw: Letter to Ottawa Citizen]Also letter responding to Mr. Fumento's article:

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Street mutts in 3 piece suits? rofl

> >>

> >> Dear Mr. Fumento:

> >>

> >> I have no idea who you are; however, I have just read the article that

> >> you

> >> wrote. Are you calling us liars? We have done our own research. Millions

> >> of

> >> women cannot be wrong. These devices rupture at a very high rate. I have

> >> had

> >> two sets of silicone breast implants, and both were grossly ruptured. My

> >> life has been destroyed because of people like you. I'm a lady, a mother

> >> and

> >> a good wife. I have lost all quality of life because a plastic surgeon

> >> lied

> >> to me in 1974. This is one of the biggest cover-ups ever, and we know

> >> that

> >> you know the truth. Please, tell me where you got your information?You

> >> have

> >> been misinformed.

> >>

> >> Did you know that people like you who write these unrelenting articles

> >> regarding the safty of breast implants are destroying more lives. The IOM

> >> did not allow many very good researchers to be part of their study. They

> >> knew that if they allowed some one like Dr. Harbut's study to be viewed

> >> it

> >> could cause some good researchers to have questioned the report.

> >>

> >> This is all about money and power. Are you in this for money or the

> >> power?

> >> I

> >> would love to have you in our home for just one day. We would treat you

> >> with

> >> kindness; however, we would educate you on the real problems with breast

> >> implants. Have you read my story? Please read my story at

> >> http://www.humanticsfoundation.com/lea.html , my story gets

> >> worse. I will continue to write my story as soon as I'm well enough. If

> >> you

> >> are interested I have all of my original medical records from 1974.

> >>

> >> Please read the article below and see if you could add something that

> >> might

> >> help us to understand why you have taken sides with the plastic surgeons

> >> and

> >> the manufacturers. We need people like you on our side because you seem

> >> to

> >> be extreamily influential.

> >>

> >> I wish that I had your power....Lea

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> >>

> >> Dear Sir or Madam.

> >> I would like to comment on your recent article on breast implants

> >> entitled

> >> " Breast implants are back as fears subside " .

> >> After more than ten years of fighting the manufacturers who make breast

> >> implants and the plastic surgeons who insert them, I have realized that

> >> there are two self-evident truths surrounding this controversy. One is

> >> that

> >> there is no such thing as a safe implant; the other is that plastic

> >> surgeons

> >> continue to deceive prospective clients. The comments made by Dr. Walter

> >> s are just another example of why plastic surgeons are considered by

> >> their implant victims to be the used-car salesmen of the medical

> >> community.

> >> s says that there have been 17 studies that satisfy him that breast

> >> implants are safe. He doesn't, of course, mention that there have

> >> been--over

> >> many years--literally hundreds of peer-reviewed studies that damn them

> >> for

> >> what they really are--deadly devices! s also forgot to tell your

> >> readers that the 17 studies were all bought and paid for by the

> >> manufacturers of breast implants; moreover, he ignores that these studies

> >> were all done after the early 1990s when the manufacturers and plastic

> >> surgeons went into panic damage control!

> >> In addition, if s was one of the authors of the IOM's " Safety of

> >> Silicone Breast Implants " report, then he knows or should know that the

> >> report did not give implants a clean bill of health. It did, however,

> >> conclude that a great deal of further research has to be done.

> >> It is unfortunate that plastic surgeons are given this opportunity to

> >> freely

> >> advertise their wares in the media. And it is tragic that yet another

> >> generation of eighteen-year-olds with " small breast disease! " will rush

> >> to

> >> make an appointment with s and his kind. These young women would be

> >> much better advised to heed the words of Dr. Blais (who was quoted in

> >> your

> >> article) or to read a recently published brochure (2002) by Command Trust

> >> Network, " Are Breast Implants for You? " , which is based on the facts and

> >> not

> >> on the money-driven propaganda served up by greedy and uncaring plastic

> >> surgeons.

> >> Thank you...Lea

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by

> > licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed

> > health care professional before commencing any medical treatment.

> >

> > " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you.

> > Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live

> > a happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing,

> > two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

> >

> >