A woman in Edinburgh has said that she is planning to sue Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), the producer of faulty breast implants, as she believed that she got cancer after one of her PIP breast implants burst.

She suffers from anaplastic large cell lymphoma, which is a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Susan Grieve, 40, who is a mother of two children, believes her illness was caused by her implants. PIP was shut down in 2010 following an order from the French authorities.

The total number of women in the UK, affected by the worldwide health scandal involving the France-based firm, is now believed to be 47,000. Initially it was thought that around 40,000 women in the UK. The additional women were identified after investigations into allegations that the company might have been using the sub standard implants longer than earlier thought.

UK regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency found that the implants made before 2001 were also of sub standard quality and posed a risk to the patients. PIP sold as many as 300,000 implants around the world, which were found to be harmful to the health of the women. The implants were found to be with industrial-grade silicone gel and were linked with risks of cancer. The company was closed down in France and ban was imposed on the implants.

In the UK, several thousand women received implants from various medical facilities and about 2,000 of them had them for medical reasons under the National Health Service. Some women are pursuing legal actions against clinics that used implants.