December, 1994

Dear Silicone Survivors and Friends:

I apologize for the newsletter being a few days late. I returned from Australia on November 22nd with a lot of jet lag and a large pile of mail and numerous phone messages. By the time you receive this newsletter, I hope to be all caught up again. I hope to mostly stay home in December as traveling is extremely tiring and very expensive. It causes my lupus to react at times and once in Australia it flared a bit. In fact, I am writing this newsletter with a fever of 100.6, a sore throat, nausea, and a flaming red rash on my face. Does anyone think I am overdoing it?

I gave a lecture to some of the professors at Melbourne University and also gave four forums for women in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Coffs Harbour. It all seemed to go quite well and I hope that some action on behalf of the women in Australia will result. Lest you think it was all work, I did have a few days to see the countryside. In many ways it is similar to the US. In fact, if Australians didn't drive on the left side of the road and if kangaroos didn't occasionally bounce across the road in front of you, you would think it looked very much like the US. They do have a lot of gum trees (Eucalyptus), though. Some of the foods and customs are different as is the accent with which they speak English, but I was never in culture shock. Even some US TV shows are aired "Down Under".

I was treated to a play entitled "Breast Stroke" by the Perth support group women. It was about selfİesteem, body image, societal expectations, breast cancer, and breast cancer treatment. It certainly put all of the things done to women's bodies in perspective.

UPCOMING EVENTS: Remember the Jacksonville, Florida Conference on December 10th. Presenters will be Dr. Nancy Hardt, Dr. Pierre Blais, Dr. Andrew Campbell, Dr. Aristo Vojdani, Dr. Rahim Karjoo, Dr. Bernard Patten, Dr. Britta Ostermeyer Shoaib, and Dr. Frank Vasey. Florida is wonderful if it is cold where you are. Cost is $80.00 and the Marina Hotel and Conference Center (904) 396İ5100 will give you accommodations for $65.00 per night for 1-4 persons. Call Mary Lee Taylor (904) 725-5639 or Rhonda Garrett (904) 260-7849 for more information.

Judy Maag (517) 886-1412 of the MidİMichigan Survivors of Silicone group will sponsor a seminar on April 1st. Stay tuned for more details.

From The Idaho Breast Implant Information Group: The Boise Conference will be held at the Red Lion Downtowner, Boise, ID on February 4th, 1995 from 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Cost is $45.00 if registered by Jan. 20th, $55.00 after that date. Presenters will be Dr. Pierre Blais, Dr. Nachman Brautbar, Dr. Aristo Vojdani, Dr. Rahim Karjoo, Dr. Britta Ostermeyer-Shoaib, Marion Koch, co-author of the Untold Truth, and others to confirm. A special rate of $64.00 has been arranged at the Red Lion Downtowner for 1-4 persons per room. Contact Jill Wood, (208) 345-1972 for more information.

New groups are forming all the time and some of the old leaders are finding that they have to give their groups up because they are too ill, burnt out, broke, etc. Let us know if you are a new group leader or if you have given your group up so we can change our records.

LEGAL INFORMATION: Class action lawsuit: The insurance companies are appealing the fact that they were not allowed any of the funds. New Zealand Claimants are appealing, as is Canada's and Australia's claimants. Currently there are a number of appeals going on. Public Citizen has entered an appeal as a Friend of the Court. These appeals were expected, and that is why we have repeatedly advised women to not expect any money before late 1996 or early 1997. These appeals will have to run their course through the system, as any other appeal does. Ask Mariann Hopkins about the length of appeals, as her case that was won in December of 1991 is still being appealed. By the way, the Appeals Court refused a rehearing, so Mariann won another victory. The only recourse Dow has now is to take the case to the Supreme Court, which they may try. I don't expect the Supreme Court to agree to hear the case, but it sure delays the $$ to the victim, doesn't it?

The exclusion of some of the foreign claimants (Australia and two provinces of Canada) has touched off the round of appeals, so it seems that the chain of events set forth by the lack of equal treatment of all claimants will cause many delays. We warned from the beginning that these funds may not be dispensed until late 1996 or early 1997. It now looks even more like this will be the case.

The Australian women are upset (with good reason) with the Plaintiff's Steering Committee for allocating only 3% of the total funds in the class action to foreign claimants with US implants. There are appeals pending on Judge Pointer's last decision to remove the claimants from Australia and from the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec and allow these women to opt back in with no rights to appeal. I would think that this is unconstitutional, but time will tell. The New Zealand claimants are appealing the 3% ceiling on foreign claimant's awards. I have heard a few women pushing to have these appeals thrown out, and I disagree. Any woman with a US made implant deserves to be a full participant in this class action. Many women in the US have relatives with implants living in foreign countries. Imagine how they feel when our attorneys and a few of our women relegate these women to second class rank when it comes to the class action suit. Put yourself in their place. We're all in this together, whether we live in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, or any other country. How would we like it if England had a class action for a defective product used in the US and they decided that US citizens only deserved 3% of any settlement because we weren't English citizens?

While I understand that some women believe that the foreign claimants should have been excluded from the class action lawsuit, we need to understand that many of these claimants could not sue in their own country because of many factors. We need to have compassion for all women who have implants. We need to remember that most implants were made in the US by US companies. We also need to remember that these women are mothers, daughters, sisters, cousins, grandmothers, etc., just like the women in the US, and that they have been victimized by having defective devices placed just as we have. Let's all have compassion for our sisters everywhere. Let's put the blame right where it belongs for the delays and appeals caused by the foreign claimant issue, with the Plaintiff's Steering Committee, who chose to limit the foreign claimants to 3% of the total pot. Had they been fair to these foreign claimants in the first place, these appeals would not be happening. We need to focus on getting the manufacturers to place more funds in the settlement and in gettingÔ be excluded so that I could receive more funds or receive the funds sooner. Fairness dictates that we all share equally in whatever funds are available.

A status hearing for the class action (MDL-926) will be held in Birmingham, AL on Dec. 8th and 9th. This would be a good time to show up and protest the Mentor settlement. Be organized, have your facts together, and be firm but not emotional in any presentation you give to the committee or that you write in a letter. Your attorneys may have many of the facts and some that were sent out by Dr. Pierre Blais.

Since Mentor Corporation is showing large profits and apparently underestimated their profits and/or potential for profits to the MDL Plaintiff's Steering Committee, I think we should all write to the Plaintiff's Steering Committee and let them know we want this agreement renegotiated with Mentor Corp. Some facts on Mentor Corporation are enclosed. The addresses of the Plaintiff's Steering Committee are enclosed.

CORPORATE INFORMATION ON MENTOR CORPORATION: The Mentor Corporation entered the breast prostheses sector late. It was originally engaged in the production and marketing of condoms and surgical accessories including Polytel, an injectable Teflon dispersion for direct implantation in soft tissue. Between 1982 and 1984, it is believed to have sold its contraceptive manufacturing operations and acquired portions of American Heyer Schulte Corporation which had become available as a result of corporate policy changes in the parent American Hospital Supply Corporation.

In 1984, the transfer of ownership was completed; the assets, goodwill and patents from the American Heyer Schulte Corporation's plastic surgery products division were formally acquired by Mentor. However, a Memorandum of Understanding limited the liability of the new owners to products manufactured after the acquisition. Accordingly, the post-market activity and the litigational responsibility for Heyer Schulte production items remained with AHS, the original owners.

An inventory of unsold items may have been transferred as well. As a consequence, the attribution of devices sold in the period 1982-1986 may not be determinable without access to production lot history records. The Heyer Schulte product lines were continued at first. Such a situation also arose at about the same time for another breast prosthesis manufacturer. Residual inventories were also evidently transferred during (3-M) Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing's sale of the McGhan plastic surgery product business and attribution of their "boundary" production items is not explicit.

There are further complications. Product development projects also spanned the changeover period. For example, investigational implants started by Heyer Schulte, such as the Becker Tissue Expander, became commercially available in several versions during this period. Later, new devices were added and older ones were modified but catalog codes did not always reflect the changes consistently. Barrier coated "low bleed" implants replaced some existing models. The Siltex textured variants claiming reduced contracture susceptibility were added to several implant lines.

Other products such as penile implants were also introduced. In 1991-92, the Corporation phased out the domestic sale of gel filled prostheses in compliance with FDA recommendations. However, they remained one of twoÔ derived from the old Heyer Schulte designs. The gel filled prostheses continue to be sold abroad.

In 1993, the Corporation entered into an agreement with the Multi-District Breast Implant Products Liability Litigation Committees (MDL-926). The agreement proposed to phase out the production of all breast prostheses and simultaneously allow Mentor to consolidate its outstanding cases of breast prosthesis product liability into a Class Action with a fixed compensatory fund. The proposal was accepted and a Protective Order was granted on claims that Mentor was insolvent and would be unable to compensate all plaintiffs.

Late in 1993, Mentor jointly sponsored a large plastic surgery conference and trade show in Berlin, Germany, where gel and saline prostheses were heavily promoted. It also opened a new plant in Irving, TX. Marketing operations were simultaneously expanded in Canada and abroad and a high visibility staff recruiting campaign was initiated in 1994.

Early in 1994, it provided $500,000 as part of the funding for a study on adverse reactions from breast prostheses which was to be conducted by the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, MN. It also undertook a series of expensive Trade Libel SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) suits against expert witnesses and support group leaders who objected to their claims of safety regarding saline-filled implants.

Shareholder's reports are at variance with asset disclosures made by Mentor officials to the MDL Committees. It appears that the firm's recent operations have been much more lucrative than claimed and, as a result, the management has seen fit to engage in costly activities of dubious ethics that eroded the potential compensatory fund for injured users. It also exposed the United District Court-Northern District of Alabama to additional ridicule by openly disregarding their covenant to phase out the production of breast prostheses.

There are numerous parts in the history and the operations of this company that are not clear. Areas in need of investigation include details pertinent to the fate of patients who received Mentor Polytef injections (Finely ground Teflon particles dispersed in glycerin and intended for direct injection into soft tissue) for vocal cord defects, the current financial status of the firm, the direction of the current marketing program and its product liability risk, as well as details of the class action negotiations and of the transfer of its production operations from Goleta, CA to Irving, TX.

The firm is currently promoting and selling similar material for cosmetic breast surgery abroad (Germany, U.K., and the Netherlands) but the status of its export and foreign marketing operation are also largely unknown.

OTHER CLASS ACTION INFORMATION: Several class actions have been accepted by the Canadian courts for the women there who have had breast implants, so women in Canada may choose to enter those class actions instead of the US class action suit.

In other news, Dow Corning has filed a motion with Judge Pointer to consolidate all optİout cases into a separate class action which would eliminate punitive damages. To quote Linda Thompson of Project Impact, "I can't imagine the judge agreeing to such a plan, but who knows? Maybe we all have the right to our day in court unless there are too many of us, in which case we are to be treated like cattle."

Harris County (Texas) District Judge Michael Schneider has ruled that Dow Chemical be included as a defendant in two cases against Dow Corning. Judge Pointer will also be hearing evidence to reİinclude Dow Chemical in the class action. This could lead to more $$ in the pot and less ratcheting down for many women. In another related event, Glen Rowe, either a former or current Dow employee of Dow, gave very damaging evidence against Dow in the Texas case. In Connecticut as well as Texas, it has been ruled that Dow Chemical will be a party to private lawsuits. This bodes well for having them again become part of the class action lawsuit.

Silimed, an affiliate of Surgitek, is marketing implants in North America under the Surgitek label. They are supplying weekenders (women going over the borders on weekends to have implants placed) in the border cities of Mexico. A French company, Sebbin Laboratories is also supplying implants in the Southern Part of the Northern Hemisphere (Bahamas, etc.) (This information is from Dr. Pierre Blais.)

MEDICAL INFORMATION: Toxic Porphyria: Some women have been showing up with porphyria, a rare metabolic disorder or anomaly that can be induced by drugs or chemicals. It appears to be similar to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in its symptoms. Porphyrias are a group of disorders of the heme biosynthesis (heme=an iron containing nonprotein portion of the hemoglobin molecule) (biosynthesis=the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism). The activities of the enzymes are partially or almost completely deficient, which means that they are not properly creating enzymes either in the liver or in the red blood cells of the bone marrow. Iron, which is usually added in the final process of the enzyme production, producing heme, is then made into hemoglobin within red blood cells. When enzymes are deficient, causing an overİproduction of porphyrins (any of a group of nitrogen containing organic compounds that occur in protoplasm and form the basis of animal and plant respiratory pigments, obtained from hemoglobin and chlorophyll), then when these red blood cells are broken down every three months by the liver toxins are deposited elsewhere in body tissues. Most porphyrias include liver disease. When there is an increase in porphyrias, we become toxic.

Acquired porphyria is the result of an environmental toxic exposure and means that damage to the liver or bone marrow, or both, have resulted. Causes of acquired porphyria can be: Drugs, including alcohol, barbiturates, glutethimide, griseofulvin, imipramine, meprobamate, sulfa drugs, birth control pills with estrogen, etc. Chemicals, including lead, metal fumes, vinyl chloride, alcohols, glycols, dioxin, and chlorinated hydrocarbons. Infections: Hepatitis C. Malnutrition: Low carbohydrate diet or fasting.

Symptoms can be mild or severe and can be overlooked by the patient or the doctor. Women are more likely to have this disease than men. Some general symptoms include: Acute attacks of abdominal pain and tenderness, red or dark urine, non-abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, constipation, loss of appetite, loss of menstrual periods, breast secretions, and diarrhea. Neurological symptoms include: Peripheral neuropathy, weakness, paresis/paralysis, sensory disorders, possible respiratory problems, behavioral changes, irritability, anxiety, confusion, depression, hallucinations, and seizures. Voice changes may occur, as may facial nerve palsy, eye muscle problems, trigeminal nerve palsy, difficulty swallowing, vision changes, as well as other symptoms. In half of all patients, photosensitivity is a problem. Urinary incontinence, profuse sweating, and jaundice (yellowing of the skin) may occur.

Tests to determine whether one has porphyria are available. Abnormal enzyme levels may be measured. Excess porphyrins can be measured in a 24 hour urine and stool sample. Red blood cell and blood plasma porphyrins can be measured as well. Other abnormal findings may be elevated thyroid, excessive blood iron, or other liver abnormalities. Tests being recommended are 1) 24 hour urine porphyrins, fractionated. 2) 24 hour stool porphyrins, fractionated. 3) Total red blood cells porphyrins, fractionated. 4) the 4 red blood cell porphyrin enzymes.

Treatment is limited, since the disease is rare. Avoidance of sunlight, good nutrition, high carbohydrate diets, and avoidance of chemicals that produce symptoms are advised. Susceptibility to substances that produce reactions may be permanent. Often the problem is diagnosed as psychological, because of depression or anxiety symptoms or mood swings. Porphyria is being diagnosed more and more in persons with multiple chemical sensitivities, dental amalgam patients, women with breast implants as well as in Gulf War veterans, Vietnam veterans, and persons with chronic fatigue. In silicone implant patients, those with photosensitivity, muscle, joint and/or stomach pains and neurological and/or behavioral problems should be tested for the disorder. Ironically (according to the Chemical Injury Information Network), the Mayo Clinic Laboratory at (800) 533-1710 is one of the few labs that can do the enzyme testing.

Panniculitis: Inflamed condition of a layer of fatty connective tissue in the anterior wall of the abdomen. Pain, tenderness, and hypertrophy of tissue in parts where fat is the thickest. Nodules of painful fat on arms, legs, thighs, buttocks etc. called lipomas can be a condition called "Adipose de La Rosa" or painful fat. They can burn or ache.

Some brands of bottled spring water are high in silicon and some may have added silica (silicon dioxide) or silicic acid which is another compound of the element silicon. Evian was found to be fairly low in elemental silicon, Calistoga was found to be fairly high. Well water can be very high in elemental silicon. It is known that this can raise the elemental silicon blood level. Normal municipal waters contain 5 ppm (parts per million) elemental silicon, bottled spring waters can contain levels as much as eight times greater than municipal waters. Well waters can contain 15 ppm or greater of elemental silicon, which can raise the blood level of elemental silicon by 50%. Purified water delivered to offices, etc. are not part of the spring waters with elevated levels. Don't confuse spring water with bottled mineral water, to our knowledge, as this has not yet been tested.

Elemental silicon is being found in high levels in the spinal fluid of a number of Alzheimer patients. When you all said that you felt like you had Alzheimer's Disease, maybe you were closer to correct than you thought.

LABS: BALCO Labs, (800) 777-7122 can do a complete analysis of your blood to let you know what the balance, or imbalances, are in your system. They do this work for athletes so they can keep their blood chemistry balanced and perform at their peak.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: Wolf's Digest of Alternative Medicine is available to lay persons for $23.95. Write P.O. Box 2049, Sequim, WA 98382-2049 or call (800) 683-7014.

Salix, a saliva substitute imported by Scandinavian Naturals used widely throughout Europe, is available in health food stores for those of us that have the dry mouth.

From one of our Eastern women we hear about a product made in our back yard, Boulder, CO. It's called Super Cleanse, made by Nature's Secret, 5485 Conestoga Court, Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 546-6306.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: Q. Why won't my attorney let me know about activities of support groups in my area? A. That's a good question. I can think of several reasons. 1) The attorney may have a personal beef with the support group leader, which shouldn't interfere with a rational person's decision to refer women to a group, but often does. 2) The attorney doesn't want the women to get together to compare notes (many possible reasons, but not in the best interests of the women). 3) The attorney may have ego problems and wish to be the only person dispensing information to the women. Many more reasons may apply. I recommend that you confront your attorney if this is happening.

IMPORTANT: From Silicone Scene: The FDA is seeking volunteers for a study of the possible relationship between known environmental exposures and certain autoimmune diseases. They are studying persons who have been exposed to drugs, foods, dietary supplements, occupational or other toxins or medical devicesİİincluding any type of collagen or silicone implants or injectionsİŞand were later diagnosed as having any form of myositis (polymyositis, including body myositis, systemic sclerosis). They are also requesting, as controls, persons with silicone implants or injections who are well, and have no physical or laboratory findings of autoimmune disease. The study consists of donating a blood sample, drawn locally, and completing a short questionnaire. If you want to be considered for the study, please call Dr. Rebecca Gurley at (301) 496-6913.

For a new information packet from the FDA on Breast Implants, call (800) 532-4440.

And then, there's the story about the woman whose implants got larger and gurgled every time she flew in an airplane. Now, with the air pressure change, wouldn't you think if they gurgled or expanded that they would be more likely to rupture. We know one woman whose implant ruptured from driving over a high mountain pass. Ponder on that for a while!!

INFORMATION AVAILABLE: A free newsletter entitled Our Toxic Times is available from the Chemical Injury Information Network, P.O. Box 301, White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645 (406) 547-2255. Be patient when ordering because it took me about 6 weeks to receive my first copy.

HERS FOUNDATION, Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services, 422 Bryn Mawr Ave., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (610) 667-7757 provides information about alternatives to hysterectomy and/or consequences of this and other female surgical procedures.

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: South Carolina Breast Implant Victims: A state group is being formed to ensure that the bill to extend liability limitations on breast implants suits is passed. This bill will be introduced in January 1995 and this bill is very important to you. Contact Fran Ramsbotham, 41 Briarglenplace, Greenville, SC 29615 (803) 241-0706 to find out how you can help get this bill passed and protect your rights.

"I began having Intravenous Vitamin drips. I would like to hear about your experience with this type of therapy. Call ANA (1-800-COLLECT 718-624-4760."

Jean Stovall, 321 Limestone Crk. Rd., San Antonio, TX 78232 (210) 494-3839 would like to hear from anyone who had internal sutures placed in their chests around their implants that were attached to the cartilage between the ribs. She is in a lot of pain, short on breath, and feels like she can't move well.

BOOKS: "In the Spirit", by Susan Taylor--about the deeper meaning of illness. "Staying Well in a Toxic World" by Lynn Lawson, Noble Press, 1994, $15.95.

"Mad Money: How To Preserve, Protect & Multiply Your Personal Injury Lawsuit Settlement" by Linda Oldt, a silicone survivor. You may wish to get this book before you receive your settlement. Send orders to Investment Information Associates, P.O. Box 4, Winter Haven, FL 33882. $24.95 plus $3.50 postage and handling per book. Credit card orders accepted (Visa, MC) at (800) 785-5228. Florida residents add $1.50 sales tax.

PRODUCTS AVAILABLE: Aloe Master International is giving a 10% discount off any order for its products in December as a thank you for our orders. They provide the Aloe Vera many women are using for a reduction or for elimination of bladder control, burning, frequency, or pain problems. Contact them at (800) 766-1669 x4960. Tell them COSS sent you!

PYCNOGENOL, the free radical scavenger that I now take, is available from COSS. It comes in 20mg. tablets in a bottle of 60. The new order sheets show a price increase to $35.98 per bottle (ouch). Please send $2.00 shipping and handling for the 1st bottle and $1.00 for each additional bottle (per order). Colorado residents add $2.64 tax per bottle. If this product works well for you, become a distributor, receive a discount, and let others know about its value. Remember, no one product works for everyone. That's why we keep mentioning new products in our newsletter.

L-Tyrisine can help fight depression. Give it 6 weeks to work.

MDL-926 Plaintiff's Steering Committee:

LeRoy Hersh, 2080 Opera Plaza, 601 VanNess Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 441-5544 FAX (415) 441-7586.

Mark Hutton, 8100 E. 22nd St. N, Ste. 1200, Wichita, KS 67226 (316) 686-3404 FAX (316) 686-1077.

Arnold Levin, 320 Walnut St., Ste. 600, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 592-1500 FAX (215) 592-4663.

Aaron Levine, 1320 19th St. NW, Ste. 500. Washington, DC 20036 (202) 833-8040 FAX (202) 833-8046.

Salvador Liccardo, Ste. 200, 1960 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126 (408) 244-4570 FAX (408) 244-3294.

Diane Nast, 1101 Market St., Ste. 2400, Philadelphia, PA 19017 (215) 238-1700 FAX (215) 238-1968.

Howard Specter, Koppers Bldg. 26th Floor, Pittsburg, PA 15219 (412) 642-2300 FAX (412) 642-2309.

Gayle Troutwone, 1001 SW 5th, Ste. 1900, Portland, OR 97024 (503) 295-2924 FAX (503) 295-3720.

Dan Bolton, 655 Montgomery St., 16th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 421-2800 FAX (415) 421-2881.

Harry Durant, Ste. 810, 1990 Post Oak Central, Houston, TX 77056 (713) 626-3700 FAX (713) 626-3709.

Wendell Gauthier, 3500 N. Hullen St., Metairie, LA 70002 (504) 456-8662 FAX (504) 456-8624.

Robert Gordon, Weitz and Luxemberg, 40 Fulton St., NY, NY 10038 (212) 720-7200 FAX (212) 227-7640.

PLAINTIFF'S STEERING COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE FOR CLASS ACTION:

Margaret Moses Branch, 2025 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 (505) 243-3501 FAX (505) 243-3534.

Stanley Chesley, 1513 Central Trust Towers, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 621-4448 FAX (513) 621-6420.

Ralph Knowles, 1600 The Peachtree, 1355 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 881-8900 FAX (404) 881-3007.

Elizabeth Cabraser, Embarcadero Center West, 275 Battery St. 30th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 956-1000 FAX (415) 956-1008.

Larry Charfoos, 5510 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202 (313) 875-8080 FAX (313) 875-8522.

DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed here are those of the editor and any contributors and are not to be construed as medical or legal advice. Any articles or information submitted may be edited because of space, content or grammatical errors.

COPYRIGHT: Our purpose is to disseminate information and provide support. This material is copyrighted so that we may retain control over content. You may reproduce this document as long as it is not done for profit and as long as no material, including copyright and subscription information, is changed.

DONATIONS: The Coalition of Silicone Survivors is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation with over 4000 members world wide. Our editor, Lynda Roth, is a survivor having heard the dread word 'cancer' followed by the reassuring 'will look like a normal breast'. In addition to having helped start many support groups, Lynda has appeared before the FDA, congress members, national TV in the US and other countries and lectures internationally. Your donation will definitely help others receive information about the dangers of implants. IF READING THIS NEWSLETTER HAS HELPED YOU, AND YOU THINK OTHERS SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO RECEIVE OUR MESSAGE, WE URGE YOU TO GIVE GENEROUSLY. Donations are tax deductible in the United States. Yes, I want to help

As a member you will receive a highly informative information packet and this newsletter, including the CURRENT ISSUE for the next 12 months. Remember in the US it's tax deductible. Your help is critical.

Email us the following information:

lake-atitlan.com

Do you have an online publication? ezine/newsletter hosting service