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Silicone Disease
By Dr. D.R. Shanklin M.D.
Statement
January 23, 2003
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 22:38:25 –0600
In point of fact, silicone is listed among the items/substances, which cause or contribute to lupus syndromes and sclerodrema. Page 425 of Experimental Immunotoxicology, 1996, by Ralph J. Smialowicz and Michael P. Holsapple, so states, with citations. Publisher, CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-8031-6.
At the time of publication Holsapple was a research scientist at Dow Chemical Company. Serious researchers in the field have known these things for some time, as have you.
Best wishes.
D.R. Shanklin, M.D.
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