Mixed advice in Europe over faulty breast implants (AP)

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Logo on the gate of the entrance PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) factory, in La Seyne sur Mer, southern France, Friday, Jan.6, 2012. France wants the European Union to stiffen its rules on authorizing medical devices amid a breast implant scandal involving a French company and affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide, the health minister said Thursday. The implants were pulled from the market last year in several countries in and beyond Europe due to fears they could rupture and leak silicone into the body. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)AP – European health authorities issued widely different recommendations Friday in dealing with potentially faulty French-made breast implants, with Germany and the Czech Republic following France in recommending their removal, while Britain insisted there isn’t enough evidence to suggest they should be taken out in all cases.

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