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Article: Platinum may leak from implants; Researchers found elevated levels of a toxic form of the chemical in women who had silicone gel breast implants.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 27, 2004
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Byline: Greg Gordon; Staff Writer
Washington, D.C. -- New research presented Thursday could lend credence to allegations that silicone gel breast implants have leaked toxic forms of platinum into the bodies of women and then reached their breast-fed children.
The reactive platinum, unlike other, inert platinum in the body, can cause various forms of neurological damage and asthma-like allergic reactions, said Ernest Lykissa, a Houston clinical toxicologist who co-authored the paper.
Susan Maharaj, a chemist at American University, detailed the findings to an American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia.
Lykissa, who four years ago ...