France - Breast implant trial
April 21, 2013, Sunday
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FIVE French executives went on trial on Wednesday to jeers from victims for supplying women with hundreds of thousands of substandard breast implants and triggering a global health scare.
More than 300,000 women around the world were fitted over a decade with implants from French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) The trial includes 5,000 civil plaintiffs and 300 lawyers.
PIP's founder and chief executive, 73-year-old Jean-Claude Mas, has admitted filling the implants with an unapproved recipe of industrial-grade silicone gel.
PolyImplant Prothese is accused of using cheap silicone to fill implants that were prone to ruptures and leaking.
More than 300,000 women around the world were fitted over a decade with implants from French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) The trial includes 5,000 civil plaintiffs and 300 lawyers.
PIP's founder and chief executive, 73-year-old Jean-Claude Mas, has admitted filling the implants with an unapproved recipe of industrial-grade silicone gel.
PolyImplant Prothese is accused of using cheap silicone to fill implants that were prone to ruptures and leaking.
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