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TIMELINE: SILICONE IMPLANTS.(News)(Chronology)

1960s

* After years in the making, gel-filled silicone implants are developed in 1961 and introduced to the market, first by Dow Corning Corp. in 1962. Other companies follow.

1970s

* Silicone implants are among the most popular form of breast implants next to saline-filled ones, as hundreds of thousands of women elect to have implant surgery.

* In 1977, a Cleveland woman is the first to sue and win a $170,000 suit against Dow Corning, claiming her ruptured silicone implants caused her pain and suffering.

1980s

* More lawsuits trickle into courts, as the Washington-based Public Citizen Health Research Group warns that silicone breast implants cause ...

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