First Mercury Poisoning Vaccination Case Filed

The law firm of Waters & Kraus, LLP, based in Dallas, Texas, announced today that it has filed the first known civil case alleging that the mercury-based preservative thimerosal, used recently in more that 30 childhood vaccines, has caused mercury poisoning in many children. The case is Counter, et al v. Abbott laboratories, et al (Cause No. GN 100866, 200th District Court--Travis County Texas).

The symptoms of mercury poisoning are, in many cases, similar to the symptoms of autism and many children suffering from mercury poisoning have been previously diagnosed with autism. However, the suit does not allege that all persons suffering from autism do so as a result of mercury poisoning.

Thimerosal is a mercury-based additive. Mercury has been known to be hazardous for hundreds of years. Yet children have been exposed to cumulative levels of mercury from vaccines that exceed threshold safety levels that have been established by the US Environmental Protection Agency. In many cases, children carry unmistakable symptoms of mercury poisoning after receiving vaccines tainted by thimerosal. In many instances, children exhibited normal neurological patterms until the cumulative mercury dose caused irreparable damage to both neurological and general developmental processes.

For more information, contact Melissa Miles at Waters & Kraus, 214-357-6244, or miles@awpk.com <mailto:miles@awpk.com>. Potential claimants should call Claire Bothwell at Waters & Kraus, 562-436-8833, or bothwell@awpk.com <mailto:bothwell@awpk.com>. For more general information on vaccines and mercury, see the current issue of Mothering or visit our Vaccinations dicussion forum <http://mothering.com/cgi/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Parenting+Issues&number=9>.

 

 

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