Books
 Trespass Against Us: Dow Chemical and the Toxic Century
by Jack Doyle. Common Courage Press. (2004)
From its "accident" at Bhopal by its Union Carbide company to Agent Orange, from Napalm to Plutonium, Dow Chemical has been at the center of many of the worst chemical disasters in history. In this explosive expose of the chemical giant, Jack Doyle reviews the legacy and the future of this gigantic chemical octopus.A comprehensive overview of the company's dirty deeds from dioxin to Greenwashing, Doyle provides an indispensable history with a grave warning for what's up next.The second book in the Environmental Health Fund Series.
 Informed Consent
John Byrne. McGraw-Hill Companies; New Ed edition. (1997)
This wrenching, compelling personal story raises vital questions for corporate ethics programs. Michigan executive John Swanson, creator and overseer of Dow Corning's ethics program, faced a moral crisis when his wife, Colleen, began experiencing problems that she attributed to her Dow-manufactured silicone breast implants: severe migraines, debilitating joint and back pain, numbness in her arms and hands and extreme fatigue. In 1991, she underwent removal of the leaking implants, which had been in her chest for 17 years. Her husband then recused himself from Dow's silicone breast implant business, telling his employers that he would no longer help the company defend itself against the growing onslaught of criticism and lawsuits. He had gradually come to believe that Dow had failed to fully inform women of the known risks and had ignored numerous opportunities to get out of the implant business gracefully. Colleen Swanson settled a lawsuit against Dow Corning out of court in 1993, and her husband, stigmatized at work, retired that same year. Byrne (Whiz Kids) is a writer for Business Week. 75,000 first printing; $80,000 ad/promo; first serial to Business Week; author tour. -- Publishers Weekly
 Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case
by
Marcia Angell, M.D. W. W. Norton & Company. (1997)
Introduced in 1962, silicone breast implants had been used by between one and two million women by the time they were virtually banned in 1992 by David A. Kessler of the Food and Drug Administration. While the ban came about because manufacturers had failed to demonstrate the safety of the devices, Marcia Angell, executive editor of The New England Journal of Medicine, argues that there actually was no medical consensus to support the contention that implants could cause widespread illness. Science on Trial examines the silicone debate and argues for the reliance on scientific evidence "to curb the greed, fear and self-indulgence" of such disputes.
Betrayed
by Gloria L. Bywalec (Author), Anna M. Rzeppa (Author), Gary Morrow (Illustrator). Jmj Pub. (1996)
 Breast Book (The)
by Dr. Miriam Stoppard. DK ADULT. (1996)
Stoppard's comprehensive work covers breast myths and realities, breast physiology, breast care, breast-feeding, cosmetic breast surgery, and breast changes, benign and malignant. In "The Sexual Breast," Stoppard considers breasts as sex symbols, as the objects of changing fashions and ornamentation, and as an erogenous zone. Of most crucial interest, of course, are the segments on breast cancer and treatment, which relay valuable information on risk, protective factors, prevention, detection, diagnosis, grading, staging, and prognosis. Turning to treatment options, Stoppard discusses alternatives to breast loss and a bill of rights for those with malignancies as well as radiation and chemical and hormonal adjunctive therapies. The profusion of full-color illustrations, including two pages of simple postmastectomy exercises, helps ensure wide acceptance of Stoppard's effort. -- Whitney Scott
A Woman's Place: My Life & Politics (out of print)
by
Audrey McLaughlin. MacFarlane, Walter & Ross. (1992)
Political memoir by the former NDP leader
Safety Last: The Failure of the Consumer Health Protection System in Canada
by Nicholas Regush. Key Porter Books Limited. (1993)
Silicone Breast Implant Controversy (The)
by Frank B. Vasey MD. & Josh Feldstein. Crossing Pr . (1993)
Like Nancy Bruning's Breast Implants: Everything You Need To Know ( LJ 9/15/92), this volume explains how breast implants can cause illness, what research has and has not been done, and the risks and benefits associated with their removal. Dr. Vasey, with the University of South Florida School of Medicine, is much more detailed in his analysis of the controversy over silicone and the culpability of manufacturers, plastic surgeons, and the Food and Drug Administration. He includes comments from women with silicone-associated disease, some of whom were totally disabled for years before being properly diagnosed. A fascinating look at a troubling subject, this will be of interest to scholars and ethicists as well as to the general reader.
-- Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Silicone Gate, or the Scandal Behind Breast Implants
Henry Jenny, M.D. Self Published.
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