PART THREE. BUSINESS AND SOCIETY Ino a fow rge cass-acton suits so that their pooked legal resouroes would he mor than a match fo the manufactrers. Meanie, Kessler nstucte the FDA's advisory panel 1 re-stuy the breast implant question, Presonad wih a series cof anecdotal rports about diseases that are not rare, the panel complained about the lack of hard scletfic data From the sient pinto ew, the pablom was hawt distinguish coincidence from causation, For example, f connective tise disease strkas 1 percent of ll women and 1 milion vemen have implants, then statistical one should expect that 10,000, women vl ave bath Implants and connoctve-tssue disease Sofa woman develgs the disease, can it corecty be said ‘hat it was caused by her breast implants? Moreover, not only does sloane appear ta be chemically net, but sllenne from a ruptured breast implant wil remain trapped inside a fous capsule of scar tissue. Neverteless, onthe basis ofthe panel's eeommendation, the FDA ruled tat scone may be used nly for econstructon and that cosmetic breast augmentation must be dane ony wih saline packs ‘that point he gut between science, on the ane hand, and the FDA and public opinion, onthe other, began to widen ‘uta Mayo Gnc study published inthe prestigious New England Journal of Medora in June 1994 showed that there was no difference between worven with breast implants and ‘ter women with respect to incidence of conective-issve «seas; by the summer of 1995 two larger studles ad oon fied the Mayo Gris repr. On top ofthat, the FL and other Investigators exposed several labs that wore song to lawyers and victims fraudulent test results purporting to show the pes ‘oe of silcone inthe blond af women with breast implants. Lauyers and other advocates forthe women wth implants repuilate those stutis, contending tat the women have a new disease, To tis contention scientist respond that the scription of tho sympoms of his supposed disease keeps changing. Some say 1 looks tke fromyalia, which is included in ther studies. Many feminist actiist groups cis trust lence; they below that we should pay less attention to statistics and medical stules and greater attention to the ‘women who have suffered, These women know what their bodies have been through, an they are convinced that heir Implants are response This reasoning, and the skepticism toward science a statistes that It represents, has swayed jurors, After Do Corning Ted bankrupty in 1995, which brought to halt the lavsuits against it, na avsuits were fled against ts paren ‘company, Daw Chemical. The fist ofthese rested in = {$14.4 milion verdict against the company, despite the l ct scenic evidence. Distearding the New England Jour (of Medicine sty, te jurors were convinoed that his ticular pain’ suffering somehow stemmed from her Dov ‘manufactured breast implant. few years lat, the women who said te slcone breast implants made them ill agreed to sete their claims against Daw Coming for $3.2 bition ‘The setlement is pat of ls bankruptcy reorganization pan and is similar to a settlement entered into earor by 3M, Bristol-Myers Squib, and other manufacturers of breast Implants. Update 8 now, more tan tent repuebe scene stutles have been conducted on implant safety. Thre European gore ments have convened scene panels. The Anercan College «of Rheumatology, the American Academy of Neurology, the Insite of Medicine, and the American Metical Assocation have all published reves of the evidence, 2 has an inde pendent scenic panel appoied by 2 feral cout. Te conclusion is unaimous ard unequiocak Ther is no ei dence that breast implants cause disease of ay kn Ing ofthese fnngs and ihe recommendations of federal edvsory pana, In 2006 the FDA gave condtonsl anproval to Mente Corporation's aplication to prod si cane beast moans, ths efetely ending atiteen year tenon the wseo lone or casmet reas enhancers JON QUESTIO! What oes the reas implant controversy revel about viet’ atiudes tard product safety, abou the legal Fai of manufacturers, and about the rol of ecatory agencies ike the FDA in potetng consumes? our society oo catous about product safety or not caus onougi? cosmetic pl ‘stheegonoy Iepay greater india fect esses Implanis? land nothing more bya spilled cup of through window of her $160,000 in $2.7 milion ng the punitive dam tied out of cour ‘Unlike the ou vere eoeted Yo many ordinal