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Old, but good....from our Angel Ilena...love...Lea

> > ~~~ couldn't agree more. especially so people can realize

> > how long this has been going on, and how many women are

> > being harmed by saline implants. they are not " the answer " ~

> > the " safe " product they are represented as being.

> >

> > one of the highpoints of the IOM conference just

> > past one year ago ~ was adorable dr blais waving a baggy

> > with an obviously contaminated implant in at, at the august panel .

> > the contents looked like a science experience gone amuck.

> >

> > thanks to dr blais for staying with our cause in spite of

> > much external political pressure! ilena ~~~

> >

> >

> > Subject: Breast Implants Found Full Of Germs: Source-Edmonton

> > Journal -Nov. 1992-Canada

> >

> > The Canadian Press - Montreal

> >

> > Ottawa chemist Pierre Blais and colleagues at Laval University in

Quebec

> > City say they have found large colonies of germs in surgically

removed

> > breast implants.

> > We're finding huge amounts of infectious materials in both saline

filled

> > silicone- gel breast implants, " Blais said in an interview.

> >

> > The implants were removed mostly from Canadian and American women

who

> > were

> > experiencing infection, respiratory and immune-system problems and

> > swelling

> > and fever, Blais said.

> >

> > A couple of implants were so contaminated with fungi and other germs

> > that

> > they had turned coal black. "

> >

> > Blais and his colleagues are using high- powered microscopes to

examine

> > the

> > germs.

> > But " in some cases, we could easily see signs of the infected

material

> > all

> > without a microscope, " he said.

> >

> > We're talking about grams of infected materials, not tiny amounts. It

> > includes bacteria, exotic fungi, some of which grow like miniature

> > mushrooms.

> >

> > Some of the saline implants have poorly designed valves that

> > unfortunately

> > can allow protein and plasma from the women to seep into the liquid.

> > This

> > may allow the germs to proliferate. And when some of these colonies

get

> > big

> > enough, the germs could release toxins that could affect body tissue

> > and

> > nerves. "

> >

> > The greatest danger to women with contaminated implants is that the

> > infectious material could spread through the body if the implants

leak

> > or

> > burst, he said.

> >

> > " Once infection is in the body, the immune system would be forced to

> > react

> > and it could trigger an inflammatory process. "

> >

> > So far the chemists have studied 20 sets of saline- filled implants

and

> > three sets of silicone- gel implants from various manufacturers. All

the

> > implants had some germs.

> > The variety and high degree of contamination suggest that

manufacturing

> > problems may be at fault, particularly sterilization, Blais said.

> >

> > But, he said he had no proof that was the case.

> >

> > Nor is there any way of knowing how many of the several million sets

of

> > implants inserted in women in North America, mostly in the last seven

> > years, have been contaminated by germs, he said.

> >

> > We've only recently started looking at infection in implants and so

we

> > don't know how widespread the problem is. "

> >

> > Blais cautioned that women with implants shouldn't jump to

conclusions

> > on

> > the basics of early study results because little is known about

> > breast-implant contamination and the processes that might cause harm.

He

> > is

> > to present evidence from the study of contaminated implants at a

> > conference

> > in Ohio, this weekend.

> >

> > A moratorium on silicone gel filled implants began in the United

States

> > and

> > Canada last January after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found

> > safety data on several products inadequate.

> >

> > The implants are now available to women in the United States who

enrol

> > in

> > limited studies. Saline filled implants remain widely available in

the

> > U.S. and Canada.

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Old, but good....from our Angel Ilena...love...Lea

> > ~~~ couldn't agree more. especially so people can realize

> > how long this has been going on, and how many women are

> > being harmed by saline implants. they are not " the answer " ~

> > the " safe " product they are represented as being.

> >

> > one of the highpoints of the IOM conference just

> > past one year ago ~ was adorable dr blais waving a baggy

> > with an obviously contaminated implant in at, at the august panel .

> > the contents looked like a science experience gone amuck.

> >

> > thanks to dr blais for staying with our cause in spite of

> > much external political pressure! ilena ~~~

> >

> >

> > Subject: Breast Implants Found Full Of Germs: Source-Edmonton

> > Journal -Nov. 1992-Canada

> >

> > The Canadian Press - Montreal

> >

> > Ottawa chemist Pierre Blais and colleagues at Laval University in

Quebec

> > City say they have found large colonies of germs in surgically

removed

> > breast implants.

> > We're finding huge amounts of infectious materials in both saline

filled

> > silicone- gel breast implants, " Blais said in an interview.

> >

> > The implants were removed mostly from Canadian and American women

who

> > were

> > experiencing infection, respiratory and immune-system problems and

> > swelling

> > and fever, Blais said.

> >

> > A couple of implants were so contaminated with fungi and other germs

> > that

> > they had turned coal black. "

> >

> > Blais and his colleagues are using high- powered microscopes to

examine

> > the

> > germs.

> > But " in some cases, we could easily see signs of the infected

material

> > all

> > without a microscope, " he said.

> >

> > We're talking about grams of infected materials, not tiny amounts. It

> > includes bacteria, exotic fungi, some of which grow like miniature

> > mushrooms.

> >

> > Some of the saline implants have poorly designed valves that

> > unfortunately

> > can allow protein and plasma from the women to seep into the liquid.

> > This

> > may allow the germs to proliferate. And when some of these colonies

get

> > big

> > enough, the germs could release toxins that could affect body tissue

> > and

> > nerves. "

> >

> > The greatest danger to women with contaminated implants is that the

> > infectious material could spread through the body if the implants

leak

> > or

> > burst, he said.

> >

> > " Once infection is in the body, the immune system would be forced to

> > react

> > and it could trigger an inflammatory process. "

> >

> > So far the chemists have studied 20 sets of saline- filled implants

and

> > three sets of silicone- gel implants from various manufacturers. All

the

> > implants had some germs.

> > The variety and high degree of contamination suggest that

manufacturing

> > problems may be at fault, particularly sterilization, Blais said.

> >

> > But, he said he had no proof that was the case.

> >

> > Nor is there any way of knowing how many of the several million sets

of

> > implants inserted in women in North America, mostly in the last seven

> > years, have been contaminated by germs, he said.

> >

> > We've only recently started looking at infection in implants and so

we

> > don't know how widespread the problem is. "

> >

> > Blais cautioned that women with implants shouldn't jump to

conclusions

> > on

> > the basics of early study results because little is known about

> > breast-implant contamination and the processes that might cause harm.

He

> > is

> > to present evidence from the study of contaminated implants at a

> > conference

> > in Ohio, this weekend.

> >

> > A moratorium on silicone gel filled implants began in the United

States

> > and

> > Canada last January after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found

> > safety data on several products inadequate.

> >

> > The implants are now available to women in the United States who

enrol

> > in

> > limited studies. Saline filled implants remain widely available in

the

> > U.S. and Canada.

> >

>

>

>