Silicone Spills: Breast Implants on Trial

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For 30 years, silicone breast implants were marketed to and implanted in at least one million women in the USA alone, damaging the health of hundreds of thousands. To many women wishing to improve their appearance, these virtually untested implants were promoted as safe, lifelong answers to their needs. In actuality, however, they have been the cause of devastating, often irreversible health problems, making the implantation of these bags of gel one of the worst health care debacles in recent memory.

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This book should be read with interest by women who have had, or who contemplate having, breast implants, and by the people who love and care about them. For some women, this could be the most important book they read all year.-NWSA Journal
This is a tragic story of big business, disinterested government, a powerful medical profession, and certainly less powerful female consumers.... Highly recommended for college and university libraries.-Choice
"This is a tragic story of big business, disinterested government, a powerful medical profession, and certainly less powerful female consumers.... Highly recommended for college and university libraries."-Choice
"This book should be read with interest by women who have had, or who contemplate having, breast implants, and by the people who love and care about them. For some women, this could be the most important book they read all year."-NWSA Journal

Author Bio

MARY WHITE STEWART is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D Program in Social Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. She teaches and writes in the areas of gender, family violence, social psychology, and deviance. She was the jury consultant for the plaintiff in the Mahlum v. Dow Chemical case.