Dow Chemical suppressed evidence
discovered
forty years ago that silicone was harmful, and with
Dow
Corning made hundreds of millions of dollars
destroying
the health of countless women. Dow Chemical was
informed
by scientist H.C. Spencer in 1954 that silicone
causes
health problems, and by Dow Chemical scientist, V.K.
Rowe
in 1955 that silicone spreads throughout the body,
and
causes organ damage. Dow Chemical and Dow Corning
suppressed this knowledge from its clients and
congress,
and used women as guinea pigs for profit for the
next
forty years.At hearings in Decembers 1990, Dow
Corning
misled the House Committee on Government Operations
by
testifying that silicone posed no safety problems or
health risks. In addition,Dow Corning also refused
to
provide key documents requested by the
committee. Rep.
Traficant states "Dow Corning has played with the
health
of thousands of women, withheld information from
Congress,
and now is attempting to avoid liability for its
actions.
The time has come to discover the truth,once and for
all"
(Information provided by Representative James
Traficant, Jr.)
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I don't know who is responsible for the
decision(to
put faulty implants on the market) but it has to
rank
right up there with the Pinto gas tank." (Bob
Schnabel.Dow
Salesman, in letter to his boss..1975)
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"The manufacturers and surgeons have been
performing
experimental surgery on humans." (Thomas D
Talcott,former
Dow Corning engineer.Business
Week..1971)
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""We are hearing complaints from the field
about
the
demonstration samples they are receiving...the units
bleed
profusely." (Thomas D.Talcott.former Dow Corning
engineer..1975)
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"If enclosed within a silicon
bag,the
fluids
would
tend to diffuse out through the walls of the silicon
rubber and be absorbed into the tissues."(Ethel
Mullison,Dow Corning Center for Aid to Medical
Research.1961)
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..."Cockroaches went into the
silicone fluid only...and...never got more than a
few
inches
from the dish before dying..." (Texaco and Shell
studies
obtained from Dow Corning,1968)
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..distribution (of silicone implant fluid
in
dogs)occurs throughout the entire
body..."
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"I have proposed again and again that we
must
begin an
in-depth study of our gel,envelope,and bleed
phenomenon."(A.H.Rathjen,internal Dow
memo..1976)
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..."THE BLACK CLOUDS are OMINOUS and
should
be
GIVEN MORE ATTENTION..."(Internal Dow
memo...1975)
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"...It was noted that after the mammaries
had been
handled for a while,the surface became oily.Also
some
were bleeding on the velvet in the
showcase."(A.Berg,Dow
internal memo..1976)
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"We are concerned about a possible bleed
situation
as
we are about safety test results."(Thomas D.Talcott
and
William D.Larson ..internal Dow
memo.1975)
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"We have not valid long-term implant data to
substantiate the safety of gels for LONG TERM
use."(emphasis mine)...(William Boley,head of
biomaterial
safety for Dow Corning.1983)
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"I think we probably should start at least
acknowledging the potential for sensitization (of
the
immune systesm by silicone)l.I think we have
EXCESSIVE personal and corporate liability
exposure."(William F.Boley, co-author 1974 Dow study
of
silicone's effects on the immune
system..1985)
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"...there were no tests for implant
materials...All we
could do was put it in and look and see what
happens.
There were no standards.There was no
protocols..There was
nothing."..(Silas Braley desposition, former
director,Dow
Corning's Center for Aid to Medical
Research.1993)
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