EU ROUND UP – BREAST IMPLANT MAKERS NEED CLOSER SURVEILLANCE SAY EU SCIENTISTS
June 8th, 2014
Plastics companies making silicone breast implants should be subject to greater monitoring and checks, a new opinion from the European Union (EU) scientific committee on emerging and newly identified health risks has argued. In its ‘safety of poly implant prothèse (PIP) silicone breast implants update’, the committee has concluded that “the majority of women can be expected to experience a ruptured implant within their life span”. As a result, “continuous surveillance of the different products on the market” would help develop safer products. The ...
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