PIP implants sold to Dutch firm under new name
cure is worse than the disease
1 of 2. Plastic surgeon Denis Boucq displays a silicone gel breast implant manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) in a clinic in Nice December 26, 2011.
AMSTERDAM/MARSEILLE (Reuters) - Potentially dangerous breast implants made by a now-defunct French company were sold to about 1,000 Dutch women under a different name, a Dutch health official said on Monday, broadening a scandal that could affect some 300,000 women worldwide.
Credit: Reuters/Eric Gaillard
Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:46pm EST
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