First Mercury Poisoning/Vaccine Lawsuit
Filed<br>The law firm of Waters & Kraus, LLP, based in Dallas,
Texas, announced that it has filed the first known civil
case alleging that the mercury-based preservative
thimerosal, used recently in more than 30 childhood vaccines,
has caused mercury poisoning in many children.
Counter, et al v. Abbott Laboratories, et al, (Cause No.
GN 100866, 200th District Court - Travis County,
Texas). <br>The symptoms of mercury poisoning are, in
many cases, identical to the symptoms of autism,
although the suit does not allege that all persons
suffering from the symptoms of autism do so as a result of
mercury poisoning. However, many children suffering from
mercury poisoning have been previously diagnosed with
autism due to the similarity of
symptoms.<br><br>Children have been exposed to cumulative levels of mercury
from the vaccines that exceed threshold safety levels
that have been established by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency. <br><br>In many instances,
children carry unmistakable evidence of mercury poisoning
and the symptoms of mercury poisoning were first
manifested after receiving vaccines tainted by thimerosal.
In many cases, children exhibited normal
neurological and other developmental patterns until such time
as the cumulative dose of mercury caused irreparable
damage to both the neurological and the general
developmental process. For example, many children had developed
language and other skills that were later lost as the
result of the cumulative exposure to
mercury.<br><br>Thimerosal is a mercury-based additive. <br><br>Mercury has
been known to be hazardous for literally hundreds of
years, and its dangers have been well known and
documented during all times when the defendants manufactured
and/or sold mercury-containing pediatric vaccine
products.<br><br>Waters & Kraus anticipates that a significant number of
individual cases against the vaccine industry will be filed
in the near future. The firm anticipates
investigating and prosecuting individual claims throughout the
United States, in conjunction with the following firms
and others: <br><br>Evert & Weathersby, LLP -
Atlanta, Georgia Dogan & Wilkinson, PLLC - Pascagoula,
Mississippi Doran & Murphy, LLP - Buffalo, New York Leach,
Schwarz & Strassberg - Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Jones,
Martin, Parris & Tessener Law Offices, PLLC - Raleigh,
North Carolina<br><br>Additional inquiries should be
addressed to Melissa Miles at Waters & Kraus (Dallas),
(214) 357-6244 or miles@.... <br><br>Potential
claimants should call Claire Bothwell at Waters & Kraus
(California), (562) 436-8833 or
bothwell@...<br><br><br><br>-----------------------------------------------\
---------------------------------<br><br>DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT: <br><br>Another
article this
week shows that even minute amounts of mercury can
cause nerve damage that is related to Alzheimers'
disease, so it is truly amazing that modern medicine
continues to push mercury-containing vaccines. <br><br>If
you know anyone who has been damaged by vaccines you
might want to forward them this
information.<br><br>Mercury is also a common environmental contaminant, often
coming from power plants and
incinerators.<br><br><br><br><br><a
href=http://www.mercola.com/2001/apr/7/vaccine_mercury.htm
target=new>http://www.mercola.com/2001/apr/7/vaccine_mercury.htm</a>