Boston College Third World Law Journal Volume 17 Article 7 Issue 2 International Law and Human Rights Edition 5-1-1997 Keeping Women in the Dark: Lessons Not Learned and the Real Sins of the Breast Implant Manufacturers Richard McCormick Follow this and additional works at: http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/twlj Part of the Consumer Protection Law Commons, Health Law Commons, and the Women Commons Recommended Citation Richard McCormick, Keeping Women in the Dark: Lessons Not Learned and the Real Sins of the Breast Implant Manufacturers, 17 B.C. Third World L.J. 413 (1997), http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/ twlj/vol17/iss2/7 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Boston College Third World Law Journal by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. KEEPING WOMEN IN THE DARK: LESSONS NOT LEARNED AND THE REAL SINS OF THE BREAST IMPLANT MANUFACTURERS RICHARD MCCORMICK* SCIENCE ON TRIAL: THE CLASH OF MEDICAL EVIDENCE AND THE LAW IN THE BREAST IMPLANT CASE. By MARCIA ANGELL. London/New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 1996. Pp. 256. The lengthy and erratic relationship between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the silicone gel-filled breast implant manu facturers finally fractured on April 16, 1992, when FDA Commissioner David Kessler issued a banI on the sale of what had become a billion dollar enterprise2 for Dow Corning and five other corporations.3 Kessler's publicly stated reason for the ban was that the manufacturers had not * Staff Writer, BOSTON COLLEGE THIRD WORLD LAW JOURNAL.