Science on Trial - Marcia Angell

I would not have thought it was possible to feel sorry for Dow Corning with regards to the silicone breast implant cases of the 1990s, but Marcia Angell's book made me feel just that. Angell is the former executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine - i.e., not a chemical company shill and not a dummy. She discusses the epidemiological evidence that shows no increase of autoimmune diseases, cancer, or any other systemic problem in women who have received silicone breast implants. And yet massive judgments were entered against Dow Corning and the company was driven bankrupt. Dow Corning's lawyers must have felt they were in cuckoo-land.

Completely fascinating reading.

Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case
Marcia Angell
1996
Available from Amazon