London -
In an attempt to protect the health of women, the U.K. is to start having all breast implants barcoded. This is to stop previous problems with implants made from dangerous materials finding their way into medical centers.
Madrid -
A Venezuelan woman was arrested at Madrid airport Friday with 1.7 kilos (3.74 pounds) of cocaine concealed in her breast implants. Due to her suspicious behavior, officials searched her baggage but found nothing. Then they performed a body search.
An aspiring model was able to get a state funded breast job because she was emotionally distressed, while the NHS (National Health Service) refused to fund treatment for a child with cancer.
Barcelona -
Wednesday, Spanish border police who arrested a Panamanian woman for smuggling cocaine at the Barcelona airport found 3 pounds of cocaine in her breasts.
New York -
NBC is facing tough criticism after it decided to broadcast a live interview with Kris Jenner, the mother of Kim Kardashian, instead of airing the Sept. 11 memorials that took place in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Marseille -
The Frenchman who founded the now defunct company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), responsible for the sale of faulty breast implants that prompted a major health scare this year, has been jailed for failing to pay his bail.
The international police agency Interpol are seeking the arrest of the boss of a French company whose breast implants are at the centre of an international health scare.
Stockholm -
A Swedish waitress is suing her employer after they denied coverage and docked her earnings while off work getting cosmetic breast enhancement surgery.
Speaking about Miss USA Carrie Prejean, judge Perez Hilton, said, “If that girl would have won Miss USA, I would have gone up on stage, I shit you not, (and) snatched that tiara off her head."
Another controversy is brewing with Miss California, Carrie Prejean. Reports now indicate she received free breast implants just before the Miss USA competition, and the bill was picked up by the Californian pageant.
A new study of women with breast implants finds they are three time more likely to commit suicide. Also, deaths related to mental disorders, drug and alcohol dependence, were three times higher for women who had cosmetic surgery.
