France - France advises removal of flawed breast implants

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France advises removal of flawed breast implants

France's health ministry has advised the removal of breast implants for 30,000 users of the products, citing risks of rupture and inflammation.

Saturday, December 24, 2011 10:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111224_09.html

France to pay for removal of risky breast implants

PARIS (AP) -- France took a costly and unprecedented leap Friday in offering to pay for 30,000 women to have their breast implants removed because of mounting fears the products could rupture and leak cheap, industrial-grade silicone into the body.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/inter...in050000c.html

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Australia: No higher risk from French implants

SYDNEY (AP) -- Australian health officials said they have found no evidence that potentially faulty French-made breast implants are at an increased risk of rupture in Australian women.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/inter...in099000c.html

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PIP breast implant boss arrested in France

The owner of a French breast implant maker at the centre of a safety scare has been arrested in southern France.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16736385