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littlemissmartypants
Feb 2015
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MADem
(135,425 posts)1. For those not inclined to click on links this has to do with a petition which is at the
link at the link above....
Here's a more direct route with an explanation:
We, the undersigned, call on the United States House of Representatives to consider repealing or amending the Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998 to include a clause that holds any supplier of raw material such as Dacron, Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon), and Polypropylene liable if they knowingly provide said material to a medical device company that does not intend to use the material to manufacture a medically necessary life saving device. While it is understood that there is really no way to track how these materials are being used, better regulation and research must be completed in order to eliminate the possibility of these toxic materials misuse. If there proves to be no way to account for the materials use, then the material need not be sold to the medical device company.
We trust that it is our right as United States Citizens to assume the safety of materials used in devices such as the fibers in Essure permanent birth control and Transvaginal Mesh procedures, have been thoroughly tested and proven safe without biased prior to FDA approval. Sadly, this is not the case.
Much more at link.... https://www.change.org/p/u-s-house-of-representatives-amend-the-biomaterials-access-assurance-act-of-98
littlemissmartypants
(22,695 posts)2. MadDem! You did this. Wow and thanks. nt
MADem
(135,425 posts)8. Some people are reluctant to click and I thought it was a worthwhile petition.
I hate seeing those late night commercials where the lawyers are trolling for victims. I always think to myself "Why the hell wasn't that shit tested before they stuck it in people?"
I hope the petition does some good and laws can be enacted to protect innocent people.
bigtree
(85,998 posts)3. thanks for posting this here, lmsp
...just a few more thousand sigs to go.
littlemissmartypants
(22,695 posts)4. I love you bigtree.
You See the bright side.
Omaha Steve
(99,662 posts)5. Signed
K&R!
littlemissmartypants
(22,695 posts)6. .
I was just ...
:smile.smilie:
littlemissmartypants
(22,695 posts)7. Thank you. nt