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Not to be confused with Silicon. Silicone caulking can be used as a basic sealant against water and air penetration. Certain types are also used as a topseal in firestop applications, which are subject to stringent bounding. Oxime based, or "neutral cure" silicones are the best and most expensive, whereas acetic acid (vinegar) silicones occupy the lower price range. Silicone caulking cures by absorbing atmospheric moisture and the escape of certain ingredients, which activate crosslink ...
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Resources
- Information for Women About the Safety of Silicone Breast Implants from the Institute of Medicine (Institute of Medicine)
- Photos and Illustrations of Breast Implant Complications (Food and Drug Administration, HHS)
Silicone News Headlines
- Philadelphia Inquirer Examines Demand For Silicone Breast Implants Since FDA Approval
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Silicone Breast Implants Are Unsafe, Despite FDA Approval, Opinion Piece Says
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- FDA Approval Of Silicone Implants Example Of Apparent 'Approve Now, Test Later' Policy, Opinion Piece Says
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
- New Proteins Detected On Silicone Breast Implants
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:00 EST
- Hopes for Silicone Implants May Have Been Over-Inflated
ABC News - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:24 EST
- New Proteins Detected On Silicone Breast Implants
ScienceDaily - Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Illicit Cosmetic Silicone Injections Carry Lethal Consequences
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 02 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
- Silicone Breast Implants: New Concerns
WebMD - Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Illicit Cosmetic Silicone Injections Carry Lethal Consequences
ScienceDaily - Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Silicone Breast Implants: New Concerns
MedicineNet - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:00 EST
- Illicit silicone injections can be lethal
Reuters - Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:30 EST
- FDA Decision Involves Area Patients; Indiana Physician Participated In 'Rigid' National Clinical Study
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Surgeons welcome new FDA ruling on silicone-gel breast implants
The Earth Times - Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:40 EST
- Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report Summarizes Editorials On FDA's Approval Of Silicone Breast Implants
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- F.D.A. Will Allow Breast Implants Made of Silicone
New York Times - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:50 EST
- Spinning A New Yarn: Silicone Fibers With Living Organisms
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 26 Nov 2006 06:00 EST
- Silicone Gel Breast Implants Overtake Salt Water Filled Ones
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Some Physicians Cautious Over FDA Approval Of Silicone Breast Implants
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- US lifts ban on silicone implants
BBC - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:33 EST
- FDA Ends Ban on Silicone Implants
Washington Post - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:00 EST
- FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants
Reuters - Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:27 EST
- FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants
Reuters - Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:48 EST
- FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants
Reuters - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:49 EST
- FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants
Reuters - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:25 EST
- FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants
Reuters - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:25 EST
- FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants
Reuters - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:25 EST
- Despite Unanswered Safety Questions, U.S. FDA Lifts Restrictions On Silicone Breast Implants
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants
Reuters - Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:14 EST
- FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants
Reuters - Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:41 EST
- FDA opens market door to silicone breast implants
The Earth Times - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:02 EST
- Silicone Breast Implants Get FDA Nod
WebMD - Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:00 EST
- FDA Approves Silicone Implants, But Breast Cancer Patients Again Denied Access To Reconstruction Gel Implants
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:00 EST
- Ban on silicone breast implants lifted
MSNBC - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:51 EST
- Silicone Breast Implants Get FDA Nod
MedicineNet - Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
- FDA Approves Silicone Breast Implant For Breast Reconstruction, Cosmetic Augmentation; Limits Cosmetic Use To Women Over Age 21
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Once Banned, Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants Now Approved By FDA
ScienceDaily - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Plastic Surgery Societies Applaud The FDA's Decision To Approve Silicone Breast Implants
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- FDA Says 'Yes' to Silicone Breasts
ABC News - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:18 EST
- FDA approves silicone breast implants again
CNN - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:50 EST
- FDA approves silicone breast implants again
CNN - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:30 EST
- FDA approves silicone breast implants again
CNN - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:50 EST
- FDA Says 'Yes' to Silicone Breasts
ABC News - Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:52 EST
- Study Shows New-Generation Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses Can Alleviate Some Common Problems Of Soft Contact Lens Wear
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- New-Generation Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses Can Alleviate Some Common Problems Of Soft Contact Lens Wear, Study Shows
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- FDA Approval Of Dangerous Implants During Lame Duck Session Follows Pattern Of Favoring Money And Politics Over Science
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Canada allows silicone breast implants again
Reuters - Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:24 EST
- Sens. Feinstein, Snowe Ask FDA For Safety Review Of Silicone Breast Implant Manufacturer's Product Application
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
- Advocacy Group Asks FDA To Launch Criminal Investigation Of Allegedly Withheld Data On Silicone Breast Implant Application
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Stretching Bone Marrow Stem Cells Pushes Them Towards Becoming Blood Vessel
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:00 EST
- FDA Review Sought Of Data on Implants
Washington Post - Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
- Group seeks FDA probe of breast implant data
Reuters - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:19 EST
- Group seeks FDA probe of breast implant data
Reuters - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:19 EST
- Group seeks FDA probe of breast implants data
Reuters - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:58 EST
- FDA clears breast implant maker of wrongdoing
Reuters - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:02 EST
- Advanced Medical Optics Launches Enhanced TECNIS(R) Silicone IOL
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Journal backs off silicone breast implant study
Reuters - Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:58 EST
- No Misdeeds Found in Breast-Implant Ruling
Washington Post - Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:00 EST
- Probe clears FDA's decision on breast implants
MSNBC - Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:48 EST
- US Senate panel backs FDA moves on breast implants
Reuters - Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:36 EST
- Senate panel backs FDA moves on breast implants
Reuters - Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:03 EST
- More evidence breast implants pose no cancer risk
Reuters - Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:39 EST
- Breast Cancer: Do Silicone Implants Raise Risk?
MedicineNet - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:00 EST
- US reviewing study of silicone breast implants
Reuters - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:37 EST
- Platinum Found in Women With Breast Implants
Washington Post - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:00 EST
- Breast implants don't affect cancer risk: study
Reuters - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:02 EST
- L.A. surgeon faces trial over breast implants
Reuters - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:09 EST
- No long-term cancer risk seen from breast implants
Reuters - Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:24 EST
- Skin Deep: Injecting Silicone, and Risk
New York Times - Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:00 EST
- Silicone Implants Get Conditional Approval
Washington Post - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:30 EST
- Silicone Breast Implants: Closer to Approval?
WebMD - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:00 EST
- Silicone Implants Get Conditional Approval
Washington Post - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:51 EST
- Silicone breast implants get conditional approval
MSNBC - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:37 EST
- Silicone breast implant closer to market
CNN - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:10 EST
- FDA OKs Breast Implants Under Conditions
ABC News - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:06 EST
- FDA OKs Breast Implants Under Conditions
ABC News - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:12 EST
- FDA OKs Breast Implants Under Conditions
ABC News - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:36 EST
- FDA OKs Breast Implants Under Conditions
ABC News - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:51 EST
- Inamed breast implants get conditional FDA OK
Reuters - Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:50 EST
- Step Forward for Implants With Silicone
New York Times - Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:00 EST
- FDA moves toward silicone implant OK
CNN - Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:45 EST
- Silicone Breast Implants Closer to Market
WebMD - Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:21 EST
- Silicone breast implants get FDA OK
Reuters - Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:35 EST
- Silicone breast implants conditionally approved
MSNBC - Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:40 EST
- FDA Nears OK on Silicone Breast Implants
ABC News - Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:53 EST
- FDA Nears OK on Silicone Breast Implants
ABC News - Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:52 EST
- Groups call for probe into breast implant plans
MSNBC - Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:21 EST
- Death linked to silicone ''pumping party''
MSNBC - Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:41 EST
- FDA Nears OK on Silicone Breast Implants
ABC News - Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:17 EST
- Experts warn of risky silicone ‘pump parties’
MSNBC - Mon, 04 Jul 2005 03:21 EST
- FDA Nears Approving Breast Implants
ABC News - Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:50 EST
- U.S. experts warn of risky silicone ''pump parties''
Reuters - Sat, 02 Jul 2005 01:26 EST
- Death linked to silicone-injection party
CNN - Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:36 EST
- Silicone breast implants may be contaminated-study
Reuters - Fri, 15 Jul 2005 03:30 EST
- Transgender Pair Critical After ''Silicone Party''
ABC News - Thu, 23 Jun 2005 04:36 EST
- FDA urged to reject silicone implants
MSNBC - Tue, 24 May 2005 05:48 EST
- Groups Petition to Block Silicone Implants
ABC News - Wed, 25 May 2005 12:30 EST
- Groups Petition to Block Silicone Implants
ABC News - Tue, 24 May 2005 09:09 EST
- Critics try to block silicone implant return
CNN - Wed, 25 May 2005 03:27 EST
- US panel backs Mentor silicone breast implants
Reuters - Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:22 EST
- FDA Panel Backs Mentor Silicone Breast Implants
Reuters - Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:24 EST
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