What we do know about Silicone implants:Previous studies and experience should URGE CAUTION! Approval of silicone implants would reject caution, misleading women to believe that such implants are safe, only because they haven't YET been proven unsafe.
Silicone is KNOWN to travel away from the breast to internal organs, and joints. Women with silicone implants are three times more likely to report that they had fibromyalgia syndrome-- characterized by widespread pain, fatigue and sleep disturbance. A National Cancer Institute study found that silicone implants increased the risk of cancer. The incidence of leukemia, stomach, cervical, vulva and brain cancers were twice as high for women with implants.
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