PIP`s Jean-Claude Mas gets jail sentance

10/12/2013 13:29

The head of the company that produced the defective PIP breast implants has been sentenced to 4 years for fraud. All but one of the companys senior staff claimed they did not know it was an issue. The implants themselves were surgically introduced to 300,000 women world wide with 7,500 complaining ot rupture and 3,000 experiencing irritation in France alone (of which accounts for a third of the implants used in France). Studies have shown that the silicone released post-rupture into the breast tissue can cause irritation but is non-lethal and non-carcinogenic. However one death due to cancer of one of the patients means a manslaughter case has been opened.