Genuine
informed consent is something women have never had when choosing to have
breast implants.
I wrote my book to give women the drop dead true life
reality of what can and does happen to some people after implant
surgery. I’d talked to hundreds of sick women in implant support groups
all around the world and I had my own story over a time span of 30 years
to use as an example. I felt compelled to make sure subsequent
generations were well informed before they entered the operating room.
Do they really know what they’re buying? The answer to that is a flat
out no.
Gail Hamilton
Born in 1949 in a small town in southern Ontario
Canada, Gail is the middle sibling of
three sisters.
Gail left home at an early age to get on with the job of
grown up living. The divorced mother of two, a daughter and
son respectively, now dotes on one very special grandchild.
She has lived in Canada, the U.S.A. and spent a short time
in Germany. Today settled back in her hometown she lives in
a small apartment and leads a quiet life with her canine
companion Garbo. As her energy permits she spends time
painting with watercolor and tending a small garden.
Watching the bright yellow Finches outside her living room
window is her favorite summertime joy.
When asked Gail replies with a big smile that her children
and her grandchild are the true highlights of her life and
it is with much love that she dedicates this book to them.
http://thedirtcommittee.com
Books-and-Authors.net: Where did you grow up and was
reading and writing a part of your life? Who were your earliest
influences and why?
Gail Hamilton:
I grew up in a small city in South Western Ontario, Canada. Dick and
Jane books were my first readers.
What a thrill it was to me when I learned how to
sound out words and after that, read whole sentences. Now I’m
teaching my grandson to read and his favorite books are a series
called Junie B.
From an early age I took an interest in the daily
newspaper and I used to believe everything I read. Now I read
several papers from around the world every day to try and get a real
sense of what is happening. I’ve noticed both Fox and CNN can
report on the same news story and have very different slants to
their programs.
Books-and-Authors.net: Why do you write?
Gail Hamilton:
Genuine informed consent is something women have never had when
choosing to have breast implants.
I wrote my book to give women the drop dead true life
reality of what can and does happen to some people after implant
surgery. I’d talked to hundreds of sick women in implant support
groups all around the world and I had my own story over a time span
of 30 years to use as an example. I felt compelled to make sure
subsequent generations were well informed before they entered the
operating room. Do they really know what they’re buying? The answer
to that is a flat out no.
Books-and-Authors.net:
Explain the title The D.I.R.T. Committee: Uncovering The Dirty Truth
About Breast Implants as it relates to the book.
Gail Hamilton:
The Document Investigation and Review Team (DI.R.T.) was a committee
that was formed within the Dow Corporation once they became aware
that the FDA would be investigating their silicone breast implant
business. There were millions of documents letters and inter office
memos to go through and time was short before the paper work had to
be released to the FDA. The D.I.R.T. Committee did a thorough job
trashing incriminating data and it is for this reason that the
medical community has been working blindfolded for years while
trying to figure out just what is wrong with their young women
patients who just happen to also have implants.
Selected paper work was released, “…’the old joke
about the drunk looking for his money under the lamppost because
that's 'where the light is' is most relevant in this situation.
While chemical-gel plays havoc with the adrenal system and major
organs, “The medical community insists on looking under the lamppost
for direction, but the light under that lamppost is provided by
Dow.”
John C. Stauber
Books-and-Authors.net: I
LOVE your book cover for The D.I.R.T. Committee: Uncovering The
Dirty Truth About Breast Implants -- Who is the illustrator?
Gail Hamilton:
This is a bit of a story. I was staying with my sister in Birmingham
Alabama when I saw the open mouth with crossed fingers caricature in
the local newspaper.
The writing of the book was already underway and I
caught my breath when I saw the picture because I’d just written
about Dow lying to doctors at a symposium about their research on
silicone. The Dow speaker had reported to his colleagues that he’d
crossed his fingers when making the erroneous speech.
I contacted Paul Lachine through the internet and was
surprised to hear that he lives less than a 100 miles from my
hometown. Once he found out that I wanted to use his work on my book
cover, he sent me a copy of the original art and wished me luck with
the project.
The other
half of the cover is an illustration I purchased from istock photos.
I merged the two images with my photo program and a book cover was
born.
Books-and-Authors.net: What are readers saying about
The D.I.R.T. Committee: Uncovering The Dirty Truth About Breast
Implants?
Gail Hamilton:
I am getting positive feedback from implant support groups thanking
me for writing this informative book.
It is these women who are saying, “why were they re
approved if they would make us sick? No one told us the new implants
aren’t all that much different that the old ones. We wish this book
had come out sooner!”
I am now doing book signings and talks which are
proving to be very popular with women who, if not a person with
implants, seem to know someone who is sick or has died from
implants.
Books-and-Authors.net:
What do you hope to achieve with The D.I.R.T. Committee: Uncovering
The Dirty Truth About Breast Implants?
Gail Hamilton:
I want women to have factual, accurate and exact information about
the implant product. I want women to know that big industry wants
their money at any cost and will do or say anything to get it.
I believe that new smokers finally have the facts in
front of them when making that choice. I want women to have that
same level of frankness attached to media advertising and ads
showing what implants can do to them. Women are in wheelchairs and
many have been abandoned by spouses because they can’t live with a
chronically sick partner. Bright articulate women are now living on
disability pensions because they cannot function in the workplace
due to their pain and fatigue. Having the implants removed does not
always make the illness better. I want women to know that the very
thing that they think will empower them as women can end up
destroying them. Self esteem, awareness and knowledge are the keys.
Books-and-Authors.net:What was the last book you
read?
Gail Hamilton:
Ah! You’ve got me. I’m reading the third in the series,The Girl Who
Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson.
Books-and-Authors.net: What's next?
Gail Hamilton:
Painting Nature’s Little Creatures by Stephen Koury
Water color painting is my passion and I haven’t
painted for a over year now as I finished up writing the book.
Between book promotions you’ll find me at my paint table.
