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From: Ilena Rose on 27 May 2007 16:57

Ilena Rosenthal & The Humantics Foundation support Rosa DeLauro's
Bill:

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/
www.InTheKnow.org
http://www.commandtrust.org/


WASHINGTON, May 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two leading advocates
for women, Sybil Niden Goldrich, founder of Command Trust Network, and
Mary McDonough, founder of In the Know and former star of the hit TV
show The Waltons, applauded Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today
for reintroducing The FDA Scientific Fairness for Women Act. If
passed, the bill would make women's health a priority at the Food and
Drug Administration by taking politics out of decision-making.

Last November, the FDA lifted its 14-year restriction on the sale of
silicone breast implants, yet independent studies show virtually all
silicone breast implants disintegrate in the body over time. The
largest ever analysis showed approximately half of silicone implants
fail within 10 years and three- quarters will rupture within 20. The
manufacturers' own data revealed more than half of cancer survivors
and one in five cosmetic patients require additional surgery within
three years of receiving silicone implants. The FDA ruled silicone
manufacturers must conduct a study of 80,000 implant recipients over
the next decade to determine the long-term safety and efficacy of the
implants.

The bill brought forth by Congresswoman DeLauro would rescind the
approval of silicone breast implants, if safety has not been
conclusively demonstrated for the life of the implant.

"In a decision that was clearly contrary to the interest of women's
health, the FDA placed science second to politics when it recently
approved silicone breast implants," said Goldrich. "The DeLauro bill
is necessary because it would mean the FDA will be required to pursue
the post-market surveillance they promised at the time of implant
approval."

"Shouldn't this kind of study have been conducted before giving
silicone implants the green light?" McDonough asked. "We have already
been down this rocky road in the 1990s with rupturing saline implants.
Why can't we ensure proper safety protocols this time around with
silicone? We commend Congresswoman DeLauro for taking the initiative
to get the FDA to take women's health in to account."

Background on Sybil Niden Goldrich

Sybil Goldrich was one of the first women to speak publicly about
problems with silicone gel breast implants when she published her
story in Ms. Magazine in 1988. Her appearance on CBS's "Eye to Eye
with Connie Chung" and subsequent activism led to restrictions on the
sale of the devices in 1992. Goldrich had four separate sets of
implants after mastectomy. Later surgery found silicone in her liver,
uterus and ovaries. Sybil has been running Command Trust Network, an
information clearinghouse on breast implants, for nearly two decades.

Background on Mary McDonough

From 1971 until 1981, Mary McDonough portrayed Erin on The Waltons.
McDonough founded In the Know in 2003 because she felt women in and
http://www.commandtrust.org/
out of the entertainment industry needed a source and forum where
information could be gathered and shared, not only on cosmetic
procedures, but also on health and body image issues.

Command Trust Network
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