| Ilena Rose 2006-09-27, 9:30 pm |
| Note from Ilena Rosenthal:
This is ever bit as true today as 10 years ago ...
www.breast-implants.org/ilena.html
The Silicone Cover-Up and Political Manipulations
The silicone controversy is a little of everything that is wrong with
America. "The greedy plaintiff's attorneys have created this hysteria"
is but one of the many myths, huge, PR machines fueled by deep, deep
pockets and no consciousness have sold to the American public. "Saline
implants are perfectly fine, perfectly safe" is another. These
falsehoods and countless others are part of the dis-information
churned out by the mega-manufacturers whose devotion to their bottom
line supercedes any modicum of truth or concern for their customers.
No plastic surgeon mentions the overgrowth of fungus, mold and
bacteria that finds fertile breeding ground in these salty petri
dishes. The ill and disfigured plaintiffs are treated like rape
victims ~ blamed for believing the lies of their plastic surgeons. The
"scientific studies" paid for and orchestrated by the manufacturers
are merely a gross manipulation of the medical, legal and political
systems.
It's gotten honed to a formula. Deny, stonewall, and ultimately blame
the victims. Not unlike gay men kept "in the closet" by guilt and
fear, the silicone victims are blamed for their misguided choices like
AIDS victims are told they "deserve" their viral destruction.
Asbestos, Agent Orange, and the Dalkon Shield were just practice to
refine the silicone cover-up. The present Gulf War chemical warfare
uncovering brings this issue back to the front pages of the papers.
The neurological damage our soldiers are suffering mirrors the
symptomology the "toxic chemical soup" creates as it escapes from
degradable silicone bags and floods women's systems with many of these
same chemicals and heavy metals. The mighty manufacturers and the
medical profession are so addicted to silicone money now that they
can't separate fact from fiction. It's well known that the orthopedic
industry would be out of business with no silicone joints to place.
And breast implants are the most coveted implant ever. Too bad the
manufacturers failed to test them for safety before permanently
implanting them into around 2 million trusting and duped women.
"They'll last a lifetime" women were assured. Of course you can nurse
your babies." The only basis for these assurances were "crossed
fingers" and wishful thinking. No second generation ~ or adequate
first generation studies had been done before mass installation of
unrecallable, defective products began.
The manufacturers are ruthless ~ they play to win ~ to keep their vast
fortunes. The victims are fighting for their lives ~ to cover their
mounting medical expenses. The Dows (Corning & Chemical) have a long
incestuous relationship with the government. Supplying Agent Orange
for Viet Nam alone could have made a success of any chemical company.
How many years of denial preceded the miniscule restitution for the
lives of thousands of our young soldiers?
As dozens of thousands of women's immune systems and ultimately their
health fails them, where will they turn? The government routinely
denies them disability payments. Who will pay to remove these failed
devices? How could platinum and freon and solvents and polyurethane
become ingredients of this never FDA approved device? Why have the
mountains of concealed, damaging documents been allowed to stay hidden
with "gag" orders? Who benefits from this secrecy?
This silicone "smoking gun" may well become the "blazing cannon" of
the new millennium.
1996©Ilena Rosenthal
www.BreastImplantAwareness.org
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