Research and analysis

Poly Implant Prosthèse (PIP) implants: toxicology testing

Details of the toxicology testing carried out on PIP breast implants by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regualtory Agency (MHRA) between 2010 and 2012.

Documents

Analysis of organic extracts

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Results of the UK PIP testing

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

The Ames test: reverse mutation in 5 histidine-requiring strains of Salmonella typhimurium

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Evaluation of in vitro cytotoxicity on balb/c 3T3 fibroblasts using the neutral red uptake assay

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

An assessment of in vitro skin irritation using EpiSkin™

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Chemical analysis: comparative analysis of silicone implant samples

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Chemical analysis summary

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Determination of total silicon in milk

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Silicon in breast milk summary

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

This document sets out the results of the toxicology tests carried out by MHRA on PIP breast implants after it issued advice in 2010 to clinicians to no longer implant them.

Updates to this page

Published 18 December 2014

Sign up for emails or print this page