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Couple files lawsuit over child's vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 5th, 2002

A couple who said their son became autistic because of mercury poisoning from multiple vaccines against childhood diseases is taking their complaint to court.

Lee and Jill Urwick filed suit in Union County Superior Court alleging that manufacturers of thimerosal - the mercury derivative used as a preservative in vaccines - and vaccine manufacturers and distributors knew of mercury's potential dangers and failed to take appropriate precautions to protect children.

It is the first such lawsuit in North Carolina, but one of several filed across the country in recent years by parents who believe thimerosal in vaccines is one of the causes of the...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2002-06-05)

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