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http://www.studentsforbhopal.org/DirtyDow.htm#ProductLine
The international student campaign to hold Dow accountable for
Bhopal, and its other toxic legacies around the world.
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FACTS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BREAST INPLANTS
In 1954
DOW CORNING/CHEMICAL FINDS THAT SILICA IN SILICONE IMPLANTS HAS A HIGH ORDER
OF TOXICITY
In 1954/55
DOW
CHEMICAL WAS INFORMED...by scientist H.C. Spencer in 1954 that silicone causes health problems, and by Dow Chemical scientist,
V.K. Rowe in 1955 that silicone spreads throughout the body, and causes organ damage!!!
In 1960
SILICONE INJECTIONS, WERE CLASSIFIED, AS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE
In 1968
A SECRET STUDY CONDUCTED BY DOW, REVEALED THAT DOGS WERE IMPLANTED WITH SILICONE GEL FILLED BAGS, AND THE SILICONE
LEAKED AND DISPERSED THROUGH THE SYSTEM
In 1968
"Cockroaches went into the silicone fluid only...and...never got more than a few inches from the dish before dying..."
(Texaco and Shell studies obtained from Dow Corning).
In 1975
"I don't know who is responsible
for the decision (to put faulty implants on the market) but it has to rank right up there with the PINTO GAS TANK!!!" (Bob
Schnabel. Dow Salesman, in letter to his boss)
In 1975
PLASTIC
SURGEONS COMPLAINED TO DOW CORNING THAT THE IMPLANTS WERE OILY AND SEEMED TO BE LEAKING, SALESMEN WERE INSTRUCTED TO WASH
AND DRY THE IMPLANTS BEFORE SHOWING THEM TO DOCTORS (Buyers)
In 1975
DOW CORNING'S COMPANY TRAINING VIDEO FOR PLASTIC SURGEONS IS EDITED--TO DELETE--REFERENCES TO IMPLANT RUPTURES
In 1976
THOMAS TALCOTT SENIOR DOW CORNING MATERIALS ENGINEER, LEAVES DOW CORNING IN A DISPUTE OVER THE SAFETY OF SILICONE
In 1976
DOW CORNING STUDY REVEALS THAT THE LINING OF SILICONE IMPLANTS, LOSES STRENGTH WHEN SITTING ON THE SHELF
In 1976
ART RATHJEN A DOW CORNING TECHNICAL SERVICES SPECIALIST COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LACK OF ANY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, FOR SAFETY
OF SILICONE
In 1978
DOW CORNING MISREPRESENTS IN A PATIENT BROCHURE, THAT LABORATORY STUDIES PROVE THAT IMPLANTS LAST A LIFETIME
In 1978
WILLIAM BOLEY (DOW CORNING'S CHIEF OF BIOMATERIALS SAFETY) SAID THAT IT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE, THAT A WOMANS' ONSET OF
LUPUS IS CONNECTED TO SILICONE IMPLANTS
In 1978
DOW
CORNING STARTED RECEIVING COMPLAINTS FROM SALESPEOPLE AND SURGEONS, THAT IMPLANTS CAN SPONTANEOUSLY RUPTURE
In 1985
WILLIAM BOLEY AND OTHER DOW SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE, THAT THE PREPONDERENCE OF AVAILABLE DATA SUGGESTS THAT SILICONE CAN
PRODUCE IMMUNE MEDIATED DISEASES
In 1990
"At hearings in December 1990, Dow Corning misled the House Committee on Government Operations by testifying that silicone
posed no safety problems or health risks. In addition, Dow Corning also refused to provide key documents requested by the
committee"
Rep. James Traficant
In 1992
THE FDA LIMITS FUTURE SALES OF SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS!!!
In 1993
"...There
were no tests for implant materials...All we could do was put it in and look and see what happens. There were no standards.There
was no protocols..There was nothing."..(Silas Braley desposition, former director,Dow Corning's Center for Aid to Medical
Research.1993)
In 1993
DOW
CORNING ACKNOWLEDGES, THAT SILICONE MAY NOT BE INERT
In 1993
CHIEF
MEDICAL OFFICER FOR DOW CORNING SAID, "IT CLEARLY RAISES MY CONCERN THAT SILICONE GEL MIGHT CAUSE IMMUNE-SYSTEM DISEASES"
In 1994
PLASTIC SURGEONS FILE LAWSUITS AGAINST DOW CORNING FOR DAMAGING THEIR REPUTATION, AND FOR MISREPRESENTING THE QUALITY
OF THE IMPLANTS
In 1994
If
you have (or had) a ruptured silicone breast implant, you will be denied Health Insurance Coverage.
THANKS DOW
FOR COMMITING DECADES OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY,
ALL IN THE NAME OF PROFIT AND GREED.
MUSTARD GAS IN WW1
NAZI OVENS IN 1944
NAPALM &
AGENT ORANGE IN 1966
NOW WE HAVE THESE TOXIC BREAST IMPLANTS, TO DESTROY
MORE LIVES!