Snowe, Feinstein urge breast-implant probe

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12/12/2005

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/12122005/maine/77621.htm

Snowe, Feinstein urge breast-implant probe

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe,

R-Maine, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sent a letter

to Food and Drug Administration acting Commissioner

von Eschenbach urging him to investigate safety

concerns raised by a whistleblower about Mentor’s

silicone breast implants.

" The FDA must fully investigate these very serious

allegations, " Snowe said. " The critical concerns - how

many implants rupture, why they do, and what the

consequences could be - still remain in doubt. "

As reported in The Washington Post. a former employee

of Mentor has gone public with two key allegations

against the company. The first is that Mentor’s

implants used in surgery leak more than the ones used

in demonstrations to doctors and patients. The second

allegation is that there is a design flaw in Mentor’s

implants, which has resulted in a higher rupture rate

and that the higher rupture rate has not been

accurately reported to the FDA.

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