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Silicone poisoning has Similar symptoms to a vari- ety of diseases, from MS . and fibromyalgia to lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, explains Stewart, adding many women suffering from silicone poisoning are mis- _ ~~ diagnosed because not = enough doctors are familiar - with the symptoms. * .. Stewart's implants were eventually removed, eight years after they were first - is _ placed. That was fouryears “20, and Stewart still lives in ~~ sign a waiver Ten years — in ee “down the road when the im- “> plants have ruptured, de - Hated or shifted, theyre. ‘women who are suffering» "tis because of the gen- eral lack of knowledge surrounding implants ° that she has organized sev- eral informational meetings, has been interviewed on: "CBC Radio and the Judy - . ‘Tyabji show and continues. to fight to get the message out. “Doctors aren't doing « enough to inform their pa. tients about breast implants - of any sort. Somebody has : to let then: know what “they're getting into, espe Gially young women,” says Stewart. “Inaplants don't haves a “very long life span, and once they rupture or leak,they’re “invading your body, even the saline ones,” she said. “Saline isjust salt wae 2” so they sound very innocu-. 1 ous, But they’re not, Not by” e along shot... Real Eat lucas ieee mately 200 Vancouver and dow ‘ - from the after-effects of hay- 18 A : ing saline breast implants. . with a orm “Carole »Bawl f, BA. “PEMBERTON HOLMES SIDNEY inp, - (250) CSC-091% 0 peincenareccaica eREXENEEIIITE meeerrity mA Central Saanich woman n continues her public | campaign against breast implants with her own story and the support of the Implant Awareness Society of BC | By Lee Torezison ' Peninsula News Review The saline siiclants are ' encased in a silicone shell and are just as dangerous as their 100 per cent sili- . cone gel counterparts, says - Stewart “That shell will eventually * break down. The silicone : becomes crystablike in ap- pearance and become a semi-permeable membrane - that body fluids can pass © through,” she explains. That membrane then be comes a ground where bac-. teria and mould grow, travel “Ting through the body via the lymphatic system. “ And the fact that young -. women aren't being warned ... of the dangers is fghteniig " to Stewart. “They rej just asked to. back in for more surgery and i its. costing them: more “From silicone to ; 3 sophean oil implants? ‘ The latest craze could be soybean oil implants, hailed “Jby manufacturers as the: “-newage material for breast ‘implants. But Stewart cautions that a the soybean oil could be the: ; most dangerous yet. “According to what I've “read, this is the very demon -of implants. ‘Yes, it’s an or- - ganic material, butit’s pre- ‘ .: Cisely that reason that makes it ‘$0 dangerous; &, "she Says. ” fertile growing ground for moulds and bacteria, more ~ 80 than the silicone sheli that it comes in. Saline implant manufac: * turers and plastic surgeons oe say there is no evidence of - difficulties with saline im. plants, but Newart points to. ! pia 7 fe Sales that silicone was dangerous, even deadly,” she says.” ~. Canada conveniently turned — ~ their heads and allowed this tohappen” — says. ‘The organic base makes = Elaine Stewart . “Ten years down the voad when theimplants — have ruptured, deflated or oy shifted, they’ re back in for more _ surgery — and its costing them ye ie “These companies | knew since the 50s, 60s and 70s “Health and Welfare In fact, in court docik ments Stewart is able to pro- a .. ‘duce, silicone was proven “tno toxic’ c” to use as a pesti- «ide and, when tested in . * monkeys, one of the side ef. fects was shrunken testes. “So it’s too dangerous to: “use to kil plants, but it’s OK - «fo place itin a woman's: ” body? We were bargain- basement lab rats for these ‘chemical companies,” she - “Medicare \ will pay for’: bret implant removal, but” _. alotof people don't know. rie that either, Stewart says. "fnothing else, she wants _ wornen to know what” minimal problems they Fi could face with implants, starting with hardening of | the breast tissue around the : 6 : . implanta, “Fibrous tisgue will form, distorting the shape and «making the breast rigid, . “rock hard and very paint *. othe saya Hoh Breast implants can also i ih mask, mammogram results “and they have a short life al (| ‘span, "yt ay Y They’ re simply not sult re ‘able in any form. They : “never have been and they never wall be,” Stewart cael a :