The final Government report has concluded that the gel
within PIP breast implants is not toxic or carcinogenic and is not a long term
health risk to women despite the gel used being industrial based silicone.
The report has found that
PIP breast implants have double the rupture rate of other implants. It is
believed that around 47,000 women in the UK were fitted with PIP breast
implants.
Mark Harvey of Hugh James Solicitors
is representing nearly 1,000 women with PIP breast implants and has been
appointed by the Court as the lead solicitor in the PIP Group Litigation. He has welcomed this new
announcement, but warned that his clients will expect further tests to be
undertaken on these implants:
“We welcome today’s announcements
and it will be some relief to our clients that have been affected by this
scandal. We also agree wholeheartedly with the recognition in the report that
anxiety over possible health effects is in itself a form of health risk,
something that we see on a daily basis in our own clients."
