US News First Mercury Poisoning Case Filed.....

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23, 2001

Mr. Gallup

Autism Autoimmunity Project, Inc.

45 Iroquois Avenue

Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034

Re: Mercury Poisoning - we've filed our first case

Dear Mr. Gallup,

You may remember we corresponded in the latter part

of 2000 and earlier

this year on the subject of the dramatic increase in

children being

diagnosed with autism and the thimerosal-containing

vaccines that are

routinely given to infants and children today.

Our Dallas office has filed the first known civil

case alleging that the

mercury-based preservative thimerosal has caused

mercury poisoning in many

children. I thought you might be interested in

seeing it.

Sincerely,

Claire M. Bothwell

Waters & Kraus, LLP

400 Oceangate, Suite 800

Long Beach, California 90802

Tel:

Fax:

Toll Free: 1-866-VAXSLAW

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PRESS RELEASE:

FIRST MERCURY POISONING/VACCINE CASE FILED

MARCH 23, 2001

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 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 - County, Texas). 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.

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.

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.

Thimerosal is a mercury-based additive.

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.

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:

Evert & Weathersby, LLP Atlanta,

Georgia

Dogan & Wilkinson, PLLC Pascagoula,

Mississippi

Doran & , LLP

Buffalo, New York

Leach, Schwarz & Strassberg Bala

Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

, , Parris &

Raleigh, North Carolina

Tessener Law Offices, PLLC

Additional inquiries should be addressed to

Miles at Waters &

Kraus (Dallas), or miles@a...

Potential claimants

should call Claire Bothwell at Waters & Kraus

(California),

or bothwell@a...