21.   News accounts reported that Dow Corning implants could cause debilitating autoimmune diseases such as lupus and scleroderma.

22.   Now some rheumatologists say that implants cause a new disease, with symptoms of muscle aches and fatigue.

23.   On the other hand, if a woman rejects the offer, she runs the risk that a causation trial would find that implants do not cause disease.

24.   Plaintiffs claim breast implants can cause auto-immune and other diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

25.   Such comments, according to detractors, also appear designed to attract women who believe their implants caused disease.

26.   The centerpiece of its plan to exit bankruptcy is the science trial, which would determine whether claims that implants cause disease are valid.

27.   The bulk of the settlement hinges on a so-called science trial, where a panel would decide whether the implants cause the diseases.

28.   The claim they have made in courts, convincingly to juries, is that silicone breast implants have caused grievous diseases in women.

29.   The FDA was being bombarded at the time with complaints from women who said the implants caused diseases such as arthritis and lupus.

30.   The Journal of the National Cancer Institute concluded that the implants do not cause breast cancer.