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Near-Total Ban On Silicone Breast Implants Could End

Boise. A 13-year, near-total ban on silicone breast implants may soon come to an end. The Food and Drug Administration will hear testimony next month - including that of a local woman fighting to keep the implants off limits. Pam Dowd and her daughter, Brenna, are gearing up a long haul, moving their things into what will become ...

Silicone Breast Implants - Still Acceptable and Popular after a Comeback

There is a continuing controversy over the safeness of silicone breast implants, so much so that in 1992 they were banned from being used in the United States except in certain reconstruction cases. In 2006, the ban was lifted and silicone became available to the general public once again. The trouble started when women began voicing con ...