Ban on silicone breast implants lifted

[struggle4progress]

By ANDREW BRIDGES

WASHINGTON

The government ended a 14-year virtual ban on silicone-gel breast implants Friday despite lingering safety questions, making the devices available to tens of thousands of women who have clamored for them.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the implants for women 22 and older, or those undergoing breast reconstruction surgery, but warned that patients probably would need at least one additional operation because the implants don't last a lifetime ...

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8LF4V3O2.htm

[Ron Green]

1. ...lifted and separated!

:P

[TomInTib]

2. "breast implants lifted" nt

[southerncrone]

3. OK, boys, settle down!

This is just another attack on insecure women. :eyes:

[valerief]

4. If breast implants needed embryonic stem cells, you'd see fed

funding for embryonic stem cell research really, really fast.

[struggle4progress]

5. Yes, I think that's probably true.

:(

[Spinzonner]

6. I predict they will be a bust