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PERSONAL COMMENTARY

05/10/06
It has been over one year since my last commentary, and a lot has happened in that one year in the Dow Corning Class Action.

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Medical Studies have shown that there is probably nothing that you can place in the human body that the body will not attempt to break down. Silicone implants in the body are broken down over time through a lipolysis reaction. Most silicone-filled breast implants leak or rupture within 8 to 15 years.

FACT

In 1997, The Mayo Clinic found one in four women with implants will need surgery within five years for ruptures or other disfiguring complications.

FACT

What effect does silicone have on the enzyme system, cell membranes, DNA damage, interference with repair mechanisms and the effect on energy production?

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DOW CORNING DEADLINES

The Settlement Facility-Dow Corning Trust will "officially" open when the appeals are finished and Judge Hood signs an Order which starts the "EFFECTIVE DATE." This will start the first set of deadlines and the second set of deadlines begin when you receive a Notification of Status letter from the Settlement Facility.

How long you will have from the Effective Date	Deadlines from the June 1, 2004 "Effective Date"
90 DAYS	Deadline to file your "Notice of Intent" form with the bankruptcy court.
6 MONTHS	Deadline to file your "Participation Form" to opt in/out of the settlement
2 YEARS	Deadline to file your Rupture Claim. You must have your Dow implant(s) removed unless you meet the Medically Contraindicated Exception. Deadline to file your Silicone Gel Raw Material Claim (both Disease or Expedited Release) for those implanted from 1976-1991 with a silicone gel breast implant from Bristol, Baxter, Bioplasty, Cox-Uphoff (CUI) and/or Mentor. If you have a silicone gel breast implant that was implanted from 1976-1991 from Koken, Medasil, Silimed or Societe Prometel. Deadline to file other medical products claims (both Medical Condition and Expedited Release)
3 YEARS	For $2000.00 Expedited Release. Exception: If you apply for disease and do not qualify, you will be offered an opportunity to select expedited release even after 3rd year.
10 YEARS	Deadline to file your Explantation Claim (For implant removals after 12-31-90)
15 YEARS	Deadline to file your Disease Claim and Increased Severity Claim (Limited $)
How long you will have from "NOS"	Deadlines from your receipt of "Notification of Status"
NONE SET	Time to provide Accceptable Proof of Manufacturer (POM) for a Dow Corning implant (Class 5)
2 YEARS	Time to provide Acceptable Proof of Manufacturer (POM) for a Bristol, Baxter, Bioplasty, CUI or Mentor implant (Class 7) when submitting a claim under the Silicone Gel Material Claimant Fund.
6 MONTHS	Deadline to cure "Deficiencies" in an Explant Claim.
12 MONTHS	Deadline to cure "Deficiencies" in a Disease Claim.