Breast Plants: Good or Bad? For decades consumer "advocates" claimed that legal reform to make it harder for individuals to sue companies would unleash a torrent of unsafe products on the market. Instead, an out-of-control legal system is making it almost impossible for companies to develop products for women without risking bankruptcy. Consider silicone breast implants: Bags filled with silicone gel have been used for over three decades to reconstruct or enlarge women's breasts. Anywhere …showed first 75 words of 483 total…

…showed last 75 words of 483 total…to take on the makers of Norplant. Norplant is a birth control device implanted in the arm and delivers contraceptives for up to five years. Norplant is also made out of silicone, and it is only a matter of time before lawsuits claiming it causes connective tissue disorder start appearing in America's courts. Most pharmaceutical companies have already stopped researching new contraceptives due to liability concerns, and this could spell death for future contraceptive options.