As many as 30,000 French women will be warned by the end of the week to have their potentially harmful silicone breast implants removed, Liberation newspaper reported Tuesday.

The advice relates to specific implants manufactured by the now-shuttered Poly Implant Prosthesis (PIP) company, based in southern France. PIP was one of the world's leaders in implant production until it was discovered it used industrial silicone, designed for computers and electronic devices, instead of medical-grade fillers. Read more