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Breast Implant Cancer Risk Was Covered Up By Morris County Company, 6 Women Say In Suit Breast Implant Cancer Risk Was Covered Up By Morris County Company, 6 Women Say In Suit
Breast Implant Cancer Risk Was Covered Up By Morris County Company, 6 Women Say In Suit A Morris County-based manufacturer is being sued by six women saying the company failed to warn the public of increased cancer risk caused by the breast implants they had. Allergan plc's Biocell brand textured implant is linked to anaplastic large cell lymphoma -- a rare immune system cancer that the women who had them were not warned of, according to the suits filed in Morristown Superior Court. Some of the suits say Allergan, based in Madison, deliberately obstructed public knowledge by submitting a non-public annual status report to the FDA.  More than 80 percent of known cases of …

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by Cecilia Levine