Autism Caused by Childhood Vaccinations Containing Thimerosal, A Chemical Compound Containing Mercury

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Childhood vaccinations contain Thimerosal, a compound containing mercury AUTISM CAUSED BY CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS CONTAINING THIMEROSAL OR MERCURY

AUTISM CAUSED BY CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS CONTAINING THIMEROSAL OR MERCURY

A full generation of children in America was exposed to dangerous doses of highly toxic ethyl mercury from 1990 through 2000. Children were injected with toxic mercury that was a major ingredient in a chemical product called thimerosal, an additive and biological preservative packaged into multi-dose vials of many childhood vaccines. With each dose of vaccine that contained thimerosal, a child would also get an injection of toxic mercury. Each one of those mercury injections exposed the child to levels of toxic mercury in excess of the federal government's own safety guidelines.

Mercury is widely known to cause neurological damage, often permanent. Current clinical and epidemiological research suggests that the mercury-laden thimerosal so widely given to children by the drug companies in the 1990's might cause a range of neurological and neurodevelopmental injuries, including autism. Compounding this public health disaster is that the toxic exposure was entirely avoidable. The thimerosal was added merely as product packaging for the multi-dose vials, and is not needed as a preservative when the vaccines are packaged in single-dose vials or single-use syringes. Thimerosal had nothing to do with vaccine safety, and everything to do with the profits and convenience of packaging for the pharmaceutical companies.

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Ashcraft & Gerel has participated in the early stages of legal activities seeking to have Thimerosal removed from childhood vaccinations but has not yet committed to representing individual claimants for injuries alleged to have been caused by by Thimerosal. This web page will be updated at such time as we decide to become involved in litigating individual claims.

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*IMPORTANT: It is important to note that there are few instances when any two states agree on issues within a given field of the law. This document is intended to provide only a general overview of claims involving mercury poisoning from thimerosal, and it is not intended to substitute for experienced legal counsel or be relied upon in the handling of a particular case. The rules and principles set forth in this article may vary from state to state. Medical product liability litigation is fraught with danger to the inexperienced lay person, as well as to the inexperienced attorney. It is strongly recommended that any injured victim of defective hip implants reading this page who is not already represented by experienced legal counsel, immediately seek the same.