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French Breast Implant Founder Used Industrial Silicone & Fuel Solvents In PIP Implants Is Appealing His Sentence

The toxic chemicals in the fraudulent shells and fillers of PIP breast Implants seep out into surrounding body tissue, migrate into body organs, can cross the placenta and can be found in breast milk.

These toxic chemicals make women very sick and many report debilitating symptoms directly linked to silicone toxicity. Jan Spivey and Marie Robinson Co – Founders of PIP Action Campaign Established in 1991, French company Poly Implant Prothese (known as PIP) was found guilty of fraud in 2013, along with its founder, Jean- Claude Mas, who was sentenced to four years in jail. To the thousands of women who were mislead into thinking these implants were produced in a ‘safe’ manner, and have since suffered immeasurably, both physically and emotionally, this four year sentence seemed like an incredible insult. When Jean-Claude was found guilty for fraud he was fined a mere 75,000 euros, and has since spent approximately 18 months in jail. At one point in time, PIP was the third largest breast implant manufacturer in the world, producing up to 100,000 implants each year. Not willing to spend four years in prison, Jean-Claude has asked for an appeal, and his case began last week in France, sparking outrage in the victims who are terrified they may now never see him face his crimes. This is Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of PIP, being charged with fraud. He was sentenced to 4 years and is now asking for an appeal. When the truth was revealed about what was in these faulty breast implants, women were horrified. Instead of using medical grade silicone, PIP elected instead to use the much cheaper industrial silicone. This type of silicone is untested and not licensed for use in the human body. Not coincidentally, PIP implants had a 500% higher risk of leaking and or rupturing than other models on the market. Other chemicals found in PIP implants included: Toluene * Acetone Xylene Cyclohexane Ethylbenzene *D6 * Chloroform * Dichloromethane * Ethanol * Ethyl Acetate * D4* D5* Platinum * Caesium* Methanol * Isopropanol * 1-Butanol * Butyl * Benzophenone * di-2-ethylexyl phthalate. (source) TÜV Rheinland, the German notified body, was responsible for ensuring that PIP implants complied with the regulations, issuing a CE certificate which tells buyers and surgeons that the implants are safe. PIP implants were then sent out into the market, where they were used in approximately 500,000 women in many countries worldwide. Upon further investigation into the ingredients of PIP implants, it was discovered that the manufacturer had also added Baysilone (a fuel additive), as well as Silopren and Rhodorsil – both of which are used as electrical cable coatings. PIP also made male chest, buttock, and testicle implants with their industrial silicone. It’s important to note that these chemicals have never been tested for their effects on humans. (source). “It’s not a debate about cosmetic surgery ... It’s a serious health problem Women affected by PIP implants want justice. In silence we must live with our pain... The anguish of the scandal Robbed of rights, uncertainty Fear, helplessness and loneliness. Humiliated for defending our dignity Here is the reality no-ones sees that others caused.” Pip Action Campaign Toulene – just one of the many concerning chemicals added to PIP implants. Statements by Jean-Claude Mas, Founder of PIP Throughout the entire duration of the 2013 investigations, Jean-Claude Mas kept a provocative and scornful stance that particularly shocked the different protagonists of the case. There is 100% evidence that all cohesive silicone gel Implants, including the “new and improved” implants, “gel bleed” inside the body while still intact, exposing the body to platinum as well as 40+ toxic ingredients and heavy metals. (source) (source) When three of the UK’s largest cosmetic surgery providers of PIP implants refused to help women, some turned to the NHS (National Health Service) instead and were able to have their PIP implants removed. But some women are still waiting and have received no help or compensation. Many are still incredibly ill and in desperate need of medical intervention. As you can see below from these truly grotesque photos, PIP implants were often removed looking just like this. For this particular victim, both sides had severely ruptured, so the silicone had to be scraped out of her breast cavity. This woman will now also have silicone in her body that cannot ever be fully removed, since it travels throughout the body. The red bits are scar tissue which also had to be removed. . It is estimated that over 40,000 women in the UK received these PIP implants. You can read here how PIP implants have affected other women worldwide. PIP Implants – both severely ruptured. You can see videos here of surgeons at Aurora Clinics in the UK removing PIP implants. Warning, you need a pretty strong stomach to watch. Over the years we have heard from countless women who are saline and silicone breast implant patients and who have suffered from complications, involving both short- and long-term health conditions believed to be related to their implants. Implants rupture and leak. Implants sometimes migrate. Implants often harden and cause capsular contracture. Nearly all will need to be replaced at some point. Reported conditions involve local infections, necrosis, hematoma, connective tissue disorders and immune disorders like fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, lupus, Sjogren’s syndrome and others. National Cancer Institute studies indicate that women who have breast implants are at increased risk of brain cancer, lung cancer, emphysema, pneumonia and suicide. Although research paid for by implant companies disagrees, those findings need to be evaluated by independent researchers. And now we learn that a rare type of immune system cancer, anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL), is found growing near the capsule of scar tissue around the breast implant.

The risk of developing ALCL for women with implants was significantly higher than that found in women without breast implants. From Terry O’Neill, President, National Organization for Women (NOW) Foundation – Presented to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel Review of Post-Approval Studies for Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants on August 30, 2011 (source) The breast augmentation industry is worth billions. With an estimated 5-10 million women worldwide undergoing this procedure each year, it’s obvious that this industry is worth a lot of money. It is equally clear that it is not in the best interests of many of these companies for women to know how many risks and complications are involved. By the late 90’s, approximately 400,000 USA women had filed and won a massive lawsuit with Dow Corning, who also made dangerous implants which ruptured at an alarming rate, with silicone leaking into women’s bodies, causing an untold amount of damage to their health. Some women have since died after having these implants put in. While much of the public may think that Dow’s case is old news and that the newer implants aren’t as dangerous, many women today who have these so-called ‘newer and safer’ implants are telling a much different story, reporting ruptures and ill health. Women are often misguided into thinking that saline implants ‘only contain saline.’ This is false.

The outer shell on all implants is made with silicone and a mix of other chemicals and heavy metals. It’s vital to know that silicone, once it has leaked from the implants, cannot be removed from the body.

The distributor Sientra (who until recently handled the market for the ‘Silimed‘ implants, had this brand removed from the market because of “contamination fears,” where manufacturing particles such as cotton and silica were found in the implants) was also previously quite open about their findings and wrote in their own data sheet that their breast implants can cause adverse effects and complications such as: Often women do not receive true informed consent before signing up to have breast implants. I know I didn’t. At the time, back in 2007, I did not even think to question if implants could be dangerous. In my case, my own vanity overrode my sensibility.

These warnings are quite clearly listed in many brands, however. Mentor’s data sheets, for example, are well known for their “newer, safer cohesive gel implants” that many women tout as safe. Mentor warns about many of the possible risks and complications. If all women read this in detail before they decided yes to this operation, would they end up going ahead with the procedure? I think many would not. While I think it’s important that Mentor makes these risks clear, it is likely that if something were to go wrong you would then be unable to sue because you had been warned ahead of time. Again, I urge you to be very sure you know what you could be in for before saying yes. Other studies that were meant to be completed to prove the safety of ‘newer and improved implants’ were not at all carried out adequately. According to the article “FDA Questions Studies Of Implant Safety,” Mentor, who make the Memory Gel implants, had lost a whopping 79% of the women involved in the study. Allergan, who make Natrelle implants, also lost 40% of their women only two years after the study began. If you are going to have something put into your body, you need to know, and have the right to know, exactly what the device is made of.

The appeal case of Jean-Claude and other members of PIP continues and I hope to update you in the near future. I am personally praying for justice for the women affected by these toxic implants. Until then, please think very carefully about what you may already have in your body (even if they are not PIP implants), and if you are considering having breast implants, please do a lot more research before you make this life-changing decision that could possibly detrimentally affect your health and well-being. Forty-seven thousand women in the UK are thought to have been exposed to non-compliant PIP implants.

The PIP health fraud has affected more than 500,000 women worldwide. In addition to suffering a shocking array of symptoms, women have genuine concerns for their children exposed during pregnancy or while breast feeding. Women have rights as patients and consumers and as victims of crime. Many women have sustained terrible injuries, many have been traumatised, virtually all express anxiety at facing an uncertain future. Yet they have been denied their rights to a duty of care, denied access to healthcare and treatment, their consumer rights have been undermined and their right to justice obstructed by regulatory failings and powerful industry lobbies operating in the European Union and beyond. PIP is not just about a devious, delusional manufacturer, but a corrupted regulatory system for medical devices which is failing all women. Jan Spivey Co-Founder of PIP Action Campaign and Survivor Of PIP Further research RADIO INTERVIEW WITH JAN SPIVEY, JESS LEWIS AND TRACEY AHMET If you are alarmed by this issue, please sign this petition here: Breast Implants – The Ticking Time Bomb pipactioncampaign.org Breast Implant Awareness Dr Susan Kolbs Newsletter facebook.com/groups/PIPAction facebook.com/groups/TITS Committee The Implant Truth Survivors facebook.com/groups/breastimplantsthetickingtimebomb Experienced an adverse event you associate with your PIP? facebook.com/events/658956837514741 United Kingdom gov.uk/report-problem-medicine-medical-device USA fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/ReportaProblem/default.htm Australia tga.gov.au/reporting-medical-device-problems France Report PIP implant issues here Thank you to Sophia Lamere for assisting with the French translation. .

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