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>Health Canada has made a shocking and unfortunate decision that will 
>jeopardize women's health for many years to come.  It will create a 
>financial strain on the Canadian health care system.  A Canadian study by 
>Aleina Tweed and her colleagues in British Columbia indicated that 
>augmentation patients are hospitalized more often and for longer periods 
>of time than other Canadian women of the same age.   Will Health Canada 
>pay for regular MRIs to determine if women's silicone gel breast implants 
>are leaking?  Will Health Canada pay for immediate removal of breast 
>implants for women whose implants are leaking silicone into their 
>bodies?  If they don't, they are turning their backs on women whose health 
>could be irreparably harmed by today's decision.  If they do, it will cost 
>Health Canada many millions of dollars that could otherwise be spent to 
>fight deadly diseases.
>
>Last week, very serious new allegations were made by a chemist who worked 
>at one of the companies, Mentor Corporation.  Health Canada appears to be 
>indifferent to these and other allegations by Mentor scientists who have 
>come forward to explain how the company provided inaccurate safety 
>information about their breast implants.  Although Dr Sharma stated during 
>todays press conference that Health Canada was aware of the allegations, 
>it seems that they were referring to allegations from last year, not the 
>ones made last week.
>
>
>
>It is especially shocking that they do not even require a registry, as was 
>recommended by their advisory committee.  We would consider a registry a 
>minimum safeguard.
>
>Diana Zuckerman, Ph.D.
>
>President
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>National Research Center for Women & Families
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>1701 K Street, NW, Ste. 700
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>Washington, DC 20006
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