Dow Corning

Dow Corning The controversy began in November 1990, when CBS? "Eye to Eye with Connie Chung" charged that Dow Corning (a breast implant manufacturer) were callously marketing a dangerous product. Chung?s broadcast featured emotional testimony from women who blamed their implants for compromising their immune systems and creating a variety of painful and even life-threatening ailments. The ensuing uproar led to high-profile Congressional hearings which created their own storm of controversy. Faced with a full-fledged …

…product but just as several implant trials were due to start, Dow Corning's ad promised: "Here's what some people don't want you to know about breast implants." Studies at "prestigious medical institutions" like Harvard Medical School, the Mayo Clinic, the University of Michigan and Emory University showed "no link between breast implants and disease." If the Dow Corning breast implant controversy proves anything, it is that the media is in control and not sound sceince.