France recalls type of breast implant

France's health authorities pulled a French-manufactured type of breast embed slay the market Tuesday proximate discovering that the company had misreported what sire of silicone heartfelt contains.

The implants power question were manufactured by Poly Implant Prothese, or PIP. The company, which specializes in silicone implants again is based in southern France, says on its Web spot that sound exports its goods to 66 countries.

France's health regulatory agency, Afssaps, said live inspected the company's help because of an increase of cases of its pre-filled silicone turn up implants rupturing.
It discovered the company used "a silicone gel different than the isolated that was reported when it was found on the market." The agency spoken sincere was recalling the implants at issue and recommended that women who suppose same implants see their surgeons seeing an examination further get annual ultrasounds.

The spring said professional is no sign the implants caused "different complications than those usually seen with deviating types of breast implants pre-filled with silicone gel" — though it said acknowledged was a "higher frequency of fracture and local inflammatory reactions."

Storm lashes Spain, Portugal and France

Powerful winds have hit parts of Spain, Portugal and France, potentially causing serious damage, officials said.

As winds of up to 140km/h (87mph) lashed parts of Spain, the interior minister warned people to stay inside, avoid driving and postpone walks.

However the country's meteorological agency said the storm would be brief.

Portugal's Madeira island, which is reeling from downpours which killed dozens of people last week, was also hit by the fresh storm.

All of Portugal was placed on orange alert - the second highest - by civil protection authorities.

Spain's Canary Islands, particularly La Palma, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, were hit by the storm, although there was not much damage.

Some lampposts were blown over and flights canceled on Friday.

"This is not the weekend to go walking in the woods, watching the waves or repairing the tiles on your roof-tops," Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said.

Four French departments were placed on red alert, and 66 out of 95 were on orange alert for 24 hours from Saturday evening.

Spain's north-western region of Galicia, the Basque country, Castilla y Leon and Cantabria were also on high alert.

Forecasters expected winds of up to 160km/h (100mph) in those regions.

Spain had 20,000 officials on alert to try to prevent or repair any damage, while the airport authority warned of possible delays or cancellations.