Our work and/or advocates and advisors have been quoted or featured in various forms of media and publications.

MedTech Dive | October 31, 2024
Michelle Tarver faces challenges as new CDRH leader. But patient groups and industry are optimistic.

The New York Times | October 22, 2024
FDA Names New Chief of Medical Devices

ICIJ | August 28, 2024
US government audit identifies ‘challenges’ in FDA’s monitoring of medical devices linked to patients

The Hill Times | April 15, 2024
House Health Committee calls for a national breast implant registry

MedTechDive | March 18, 2024
6 ways the FDA can improve medical device recalls

ICIJ: December 21, 2023
A breast implant illness survivor’s journey from patient to healthcare provider

ICIJ: November 23, 2023
Patients and advocates still fighting for safer medical devices five years after Implant Files

ProPublica | December 7, 2023
How the FDA Failed to Protect Millions of People

STAT | October 2, 2023
Former FDA official lays out how to keep patients safe from risky medical devices

CBC News | April 26, 2023
National breast implant registry much needed but long overdue, patients and doctors say

New York Times | April 16, 2023
Beauty Treatment Promised to Zap Fat. For Some, It Brought Disfigurement.

MedTech Dive | March 22, 2023
Delays in reporting led FDA to late cancer warning on breast implants, advocates say

ABC News WJLA | September 13, 2022 
Woman forms breast implant safety group after experiencing health issues from procedure

Surgical Times | May 30, 2022
Surgeon: ‘Every Surgeon Should be Discussing’ Breast Implant Illness With Patients

MedTech Dive | April 20, 2022
Advocacy groups support patient engagement in MDUFA V, raise concerns about device safety

CBC News | January 13, 2022
Thousands of suspected injuries tied to breast implants revealed in manufacturer data dump, CBC analysis finds

ABC News WCIV | November 8, 2021
'Safety Speedbump': Lowcountry breast implant advocate says new FDA warnings not enough

Web MD | October 29, 2021
FDA Issues Stronger Safety Requirements for Breast Implants

Medscape | October 28, 2021
FDA Issues Stronger Safety Requirements for Breast Implants

CBC News | October 18, 2021
Patients out thousands in deposits to Ontario plastic surgeon who they say disappeared

AMA Journal of Ethics | September 9, 2021
Is the FDA Failing Women?

BitchMedia | August 20, 2021
Stacked Deck: The True Cost of Breast Implants

MedTech Dive | July 30, 2021
Patient deaths called ‘injury,’ ‘other’ in FDA medical device database: study

The Brockovich Report | June 24, 2021
"They’re Called Boobs, Ed."

Tribeca Film Festival | June 2021
EXplant Documentary

Medtruth | January 15, 2021
Breast Implant Illness: Groundbreaking Summit Informs and Educates

Lumanity | October 27, 2020
A Call to Action During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The Daily Iowan | Oct. 27, 2020
Women who explanted their breast implants warn others of possible complications

ICIJ | Oct 20, 2020
US Regulator Calls for “Black Box” Warning on Breast Implants

ICIJ | September 4, 2020
Patient Advocates Push US States to Mandate Breast Implant Warnings

Medtruth | August 6: 2020
Is It Time to Recognize Breast Implant Illness as a Medical Condition?

Medtruth | June 24, 2020
Film & Guide: How to Report Adverse Events to the FDA

Medtruth | June 24, 2020
Adverse Event Reporting Resumes After COVID Hiatus

FORTUNE | May 18, 2020
Why are breast implants still putting millions of women at risk?

Medtruth | March 26, 2020
Medical Device Removal Surgeries Delayed by Coronavirus Pandemic

VICE | January 14, 2020
More Reports Surface Linking Textured Breast Implants with Cancer

Medtruth | October 16, 2019
MedTruth: Advocates of Breast Implant Safety at Plastic Surgery: The Meeting 2019

Medtruth | October 8, 2019
A Recap on Breast Implant Safety From 'Plastic Surgery: The Meeting'

KUSI News | September 21, 2019
Breast Implant Safety Alliance will be sharing stories today

CBC News | August 19, 2019
Women's lives upended after cancer diagnosis linked to BIOCELL breast implants

Medtruth | July 25, 2019
Healer Crowdfunds Explant Surgery for Breast Implant Illness

Arkansas Gazette | June 17, 2019
Women in state say ills tied to breast implants

Medtruth | June 4, 2019
14 Patient Advocates Traveled to D.C. — Here's Why

The Cut: May 6, 2019
My Breast Implants Made Me Sick

The Washington Post | April 13, 2019
The Washington Post: ‘If I had known cancer was linked to implants, I would never have gotten them’

Oncology Nursing News | March 30, 2019
FDA Demands More Information on Cancer and Illnesses Caused by Breast Implants

Cure Today | March 29, 2019
Breast Implants Stay on the Market, but FDA Wants to Know More About Rare Lymphoma and Autoimmune Syndrome

The Hill | March 25, 2019
Women ask FDA to ban certain breast implants

NBC News | March 25, 2019
'Blindsided': Women speak out about breast implant illnesses at FDA hearing

Inside Edition | March 25, 2019
Women Ban Together to Ban Certain Implants

Surgical Times | March 25, 2019
Preteen Students Told Me What My Plastic Surgeon Didn’t: Implants Can Cause Cancer

New York Post | March 20, 2019
How breast implants have destroyed women’s health: ‘It felt like I was poisoned’

Toronto Star | November 25, 2018
Faulty and unproven medical devices implanted in Canadian patients despite known risks

ABC News WCIV | April 11, 2018
Mount Pleasant woman says breast implants caused serious health problems

New York Times | May 14, 2017
A Shocking Diagnosis: Breast Implants “Gave Me Cancer”

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Medtech Dive | April 6, 2022
‘Where's the patient?’: Experts question FDA’s final recall guidance

MedTech Dive | September 29, 2021
FDA medical device regs, safety checks questioned by AMA ethics journal

AMA Journal of Ethics | September 2021
Is the FDA Failing Women?

ICIJ | August 18, 2021
Medical device-related deaths being ‘miscategorized’ in key US database, study finds

Kaiser Health News | June 27, 2019
Five Things We Found In The FDA’s Hidden Device Database

The Brockovich Report | June 10, 2021
The Data Doesn’t Lie

JAMA Network | December 16, 2020
Medical Device Tracking—How It Is and How It Should Be

FORTUNE | June 3, 2020
Allergan is trying to track down women with breast implants it recalled nearly a year ago

KVUE | October 7, 2019
FDA data dump reveals dental and breast implant problems among most hidden

New York Times | May 2, 2019
FDA Won’t Ban Sales of Textured Breast Implants Linked to Cancer

ICIJ | March 25, 2019
FDA Kept Hundreds of Thousands of Breast Implant Incidents Hidden From Public

AP News | November 26, 2018
Breast implants reveal problems in tracking device safety

Los Angeles Times | November 26, 2018
Los Angeles Times: Breast-implant injuries hidden: FDA’s deal with companies made thousands of cases look like just one