The founder of a French company that makes breast implants linked to a health scare was arrested Thursday, the French national police said.
Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP) founder Jean-Claude Mas was detained in Six-Fours-les-Plages, near Toulon in southern France, police said.
PIP director Claude Couty was arrested around the same time nearby in La Seyne-sur-Mer and investigators searched his home, according to CNN affiliate France 2.
PIP implants have sparked health scares in the United States, Europe and South America.
French authorities announced last month that the government would pay for the removal of the bankrupt company's implants, which a British medical group says were made from "non-medical grade silicone believed by the manufacturers to be made for mattresses."
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My sympathy to all the women affected by this company's complete disregard for people's health and safety. Whatever punishment the arrested people receive, they deserve worse.
Big deal. French authorities arrested Bayer Pharmaceutical exec's for knowingly distributing drugz laced with HIV back in 2009. Bayer had been selling these tainted "meds" to Americans, but the DEA, FDA, and CDC ordered Bayer to destroy them. President Onama then stepped in and ordered a stand-down, and Bayer AG WAS ALLOWED TO EXPORT THESE hIV TAINTED DRUGZ TO France and other places. Youtube 'nazi bayer ag' and watch NBC'S COVERAGE)
I've never been crazy about people who drive with their high beams on all the time. And breast impants are about as "medicinal" as marijuanna.
does that mean you enjoy sleeping with garbage bags for pillows?
Ok! I'll take it. Can you have your guys make it so the high-beams stay on all the time? I want everyone to know I'm on the road. Lookit me everbuddy! I got brand-new high beams!
Do you think it could possibly be the extra-bright halogens they are using now?
Um, I do.
Welcome to the new world CNN! Its called Free Speach! Censorship of comments to articles is a violation of the 1st Ammendment. Especially when, such comments are in complete compliance with your so called "Terms of Service."
Thanks! We trolls have our rights, too!
Awww...
I hope they don't stop making them: just make them better.
Yes we can.
@ Philip:
Thanks–you reminded me that I need to pick up aspirin. I've been taking ibuprofen, and that makes me a little dizzy.
Don't worry: I always buy big bottles of the cheapest aspirin in the store.
Then I put them into used Bayer bottles so that we look rich.
LAMO !!!
what is LAMO?
Is that short for Lame-o?
Or is it supposed to be LMAO, meaning: laugh my ass off?
Oh, well, if the u/n fits...
A day without trolls is like a meal without wine.
The is one that I especially miss. He may be in prison.
With his mother.
Ah, Ellis.
"There is one," not "the is one."
I apologize.
Joey, we know you can construct an excellent sentence, no need to apologize. Correct to your post are adequate enough.
Nothing is better than Natural and Normal, Smart Women won't use any inplants on their bodys , but it is a shame that at this days, everything is made of plastic .
May be if there wasen't any baby Formula , ladies won't risk their beuties . Thanks .
What's a "breast implant"?
Damn my head hurts. I wish there was something I could take for it. What's that big crate over there with the word Bayer and a swastika? Hmm. Maybe there's an aspirin in it.
I love big boobs. But natural is better.