Breast Implants and Culture Wars
As some 180 witnesses line up to tell the FDA why it should or should not allow women to get silicone gel breast implants for cosmetic reasons, one thing is clear: This debate is another culture war. The divisions I limned in this 1992 article on the controversy are still driving the discussion.
The LAT's coverage is here and here. George Mason law professor and Volokh Conspirator David E. Bernstein has a somewhat outdated webpage devoted to the controversy. Joseph Nocera's category-killing Fortune article on breast implants and toxic torts is posted here, probablyly without permission.