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Posted on 21/10/06

Health Canada approves use of silicone-gel breast implants

Canadian women will no longer have to jump through licensing loopholes to get silicone-gel breast implants after the government lifted a 14-year moratorium on the product yesterday.But while many doctors and patients are elated by the news, others fear the implants are still dangerously unsafe, bringing the decades-old controversy full-circle.

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