Dow_Corning_Breat_Implants

Dow Corning Breat Implants In 1943 Dow Corning Corporation was set up to develop commercial uses for silicone products. One of the products invented were breast implants made of silicone. This product was intended to improve the current substances used such as rubber and plastic sponges in order to enhance women’s breasts. In 1963 the first silicone implant made it on the market. After 37 years Dow Corning was still in the business making $2.7 billion and employing over 9,300 workers. The irony of the company’s situation is that no testing of the product had been conducted before it went on the market. The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 allowed devices to be put into the human body without requiring any testing. The Dow Company dow, silicone, safety, corning, breast, products, product, implant, testing, problems, market, made, lawsuit, law, intended, implants, evidence, company, before, 1938, years, workers, women’s, without, variety, upon, took, tissue, think, tests, test, system, surgery, substances, submitted