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FRONTLINE; Breast Implants on Trial
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- Series
- FRONTLINE
- Program
- Breast Implants on Trial
- Program Number
1412
- Series Description
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world. Since 1983, FRONTLINE has served as PBS's flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience.
- Program Description
Some 450,000 women are part of the proposed global settlement against U.S. breast implant manufacturers in the largest lawsuit in history. Many claim that they have contracted a wide range of silicone-related diseases, but recent medical studies conducted by the nation's premier researchers have failed to find any evidence that silicone breast implants are dangerous. As Congress actively examines the powers of the FDA and the possibilities of tort reform, FRONTLINE looks at the enormous stakes involved in the clash between biomedical science and the nation's most powerful litigators.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Citation
- Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Breast Implants on Trial,” GBH Archives, accessed April 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FEB965C678C04F6EB9180788CAC45159.
- MLA: “FRONTLINE; Breast Implants on Trial.” GBH Archives. Web. April 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FEB965C678C04F6EB9180788CAC45159>.
- APA: FRONTLINE; Breast Implants on Trial. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FEB965C678C04F6EB9180788CAC45159