Breast-Implant Coverup Alleged by Ex-Workers

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › May 23, 2005

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two former employees of a breast-implant manufacturer alleged the company covered up high rupture rates and workers were so fearful of bosses finding defective implant parts that they hid the parts in the ceiling.

The allegations are contained in a 2003 lawsuit against the Mentor Corp., which recently won a recommendation from federal scientific advisers that the government let the company resume widespread sales of its devices under certain conditions. The suit was dismissed.

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Breast-Implant Coverup Alleged by Ex-Workers

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