, many surgeons have stopped using the device. >> we first investigated the issue with morselater's ar ago, aim had i been through multiple surgeries and round of radiation and chemotherapy. she recently a recurrens tumor in her spine. >> what do you say to your children? >> having kids forces you to forthcoming. the cancer, will it kill you you say i don't know. >> while hoping a way to keep amy alive, bucks county couple and others want the fda to do more to make sure medical devices are safe. they were horrified last year when the fda issued a safety communication, discouraging the use of power morselakes, but said it could be appropriate for small number of women. >> fda is not doing good john ensuring and maintaining public health, making sure there are certainly fundamental -- >> the vast majority of devices perform well. in some cases unanticipated adverse events are identified, when this occurs, the fda carefully assess cents the issue, and takings to protect the public health, based on scientific data. >> for now amy and her husband are spending as much time as they can their

morselateers are used in procedures, they have been linked to several deaths and injuries. morselater work by a shredding fibroid tomb are to be removed but in some patient that is shredding inadvertently spread cans their had not been detect. our stephanie stahl talked to amy reid, who has six children and a deadly cancer that she and her husband says was cause by morselate their should never have been used. >> your situation might have been prevented. >> yes, not only mine but hundreds of other women and that would be so maddening. >> fbi won't confirm or tea any an investigation. >>> the army now says that the humaner error was likely not a factor in the live ship. of live anthrax spores across the u.s. and south korea the army says there may have been a failure in the technical process of inacting that anthrax. it was, shipped from utah to labs in nine states, including those in new jersey and delaware. somewhats also behind to an air base in south korea. now the government is concern about lab workers who may have been exposed to this, workers at a delaware lab that re

surgical device used on tens of thousands of women every year the fbi looking into the laparoscopic morselater. it breaks the fibroids into pieces so be easily removed but as many as one in 353 cases cancer is hidden in that fibroid and can be spread. >> they have no way of knowing but the idea that anyone was harmed is concerning. >> amy says it happened to her, she was checked for cancer before a histect my last fall but then they found a rare form of cancer. >> at no point in time did anyone say, because you had it it morselated that worsened your prognosis, we discovered that on our own. johnson & johnson is the manufacturing of the device and they are looking into what they knew and when. the powerhouse was alerted in 2006 by a pathologist and did not pull the device off the market until of july of last year, doing so voluntarily, adding to date we are the only manufacturer to proactively take this action. >> this investigation comes after the fda warned in november that they should not be used on most women and now many hospitals across the country have stopped or cut back their use of t

. >> the device is a laparoscopic morselater it's used to remove design tumors in the uterus, it breaks it up in pieces so it can be removed with a small incision, if the mass is found to be cancerous, the device can spread the cancer the question is who knew about the risk and when. amy reed, a doctor from buck county fought to ban them, in 2013 while living in boston reed underwent a hysterectomy and was tested for cancer and then tested after. it made her prognosis much worse. >> i am angry this tool was on the market for 20 years and the fda did not look for issues with this. it was thought this risk was extremely rare but now the fda estimates that up to 1 in 350 cases the cancer is hidden in the fibroid. the agency issued its strongest warning in november saying it should not be used on most women, the fbi is looking into johnson & johnson. one of the main manufactures of the device the company was alerted of the risk first in 2006 and voluntarily pulled it off the market july of last year amy's husband a heart surgeon blames corporate greed. >> it's well marketed and money is flo

. >> a surgical device is expected of spreading cervical cancer it's called a power morselater, usedtreat tumors that affect half the women under the age of 50 it breaks them into pieces and can be easily removed but if there is undetected cancer present, it can spread the disease through the body and people say this risk was ever explained. >> at no point in time did anyone say because you had it done, it worsens your prognosis that is something we discovered on our own. >> the fbi is investigating the device made by johnson & johnson, the number one manufacturer and said it voluntarily pulled the device off the market last year. amazon is offering same day delivery for its prime customers and philadelphia is one of them. about 20 million items are gibl for same day shipping and the order has to be $5 or more, it gives competition to places like wal-mart that just launched a delivery service but said it would take three days to ship the products. >>> now the closing numbers, the dow down 20 points and the nasdaq 9 and the s&p off 3 points on the day the makers of one wearable health

. >> laparoscopic power morselater. >> when women are having hysterectomy it, will get the uterus orice it. >> with the little tip? >> the little tip t slices and dice. so that you can then extract it without having a big, big surgery. that's good. what's bad is that in tumors like fibroids, you sometimes don't know that you are harboring a cancer known as uterine sarcoma. >> oh, no, what are you saying? the device, if you go in, there you might be spreading cancer? >> you slice and dice it, it goes all over the place. >> oh, no. >> so there is a big push to get this off the market. certainly, if you're out, there and you are anything having a hysterectomy, and they are talking about using this device, you better have a long discussion with your doctor. >> wow. >> is there a certain company that makes that? >> johnson & johnson. >> doctor, thanks. love you. >> you need hang around and meet this young man. he is 26 years old. the power of a simple logo. what is with this logo has all of these celebrities wearing this shirt for this young man, from our area. meet this temple grad in ab