This special document from Reuters Health brings you the details of the PIP implant scandal. Investigators found the company using industrial-grade silicone.
While the company that sold the defective implants internationally is out of business, plenty of of the implants have split open, endangering the health of the females who received them.a pair of health inspectors acting on a tip paid a three-day visit to a factory in this hilly town on the Mediterranean coast.
The factory was the headquarters of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), a leading international maker of breast implants founded by French entrepreneur Jean-Claude Mas. The inspectors found something odd: six discarded plastic containers of Silopren, a liquid silicone designed for industrial, not medical use, lined up along the outside wall of the production site.
