Suit filed citing vaccines contained poisonous mercury.(Brief Article)

2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The law firm of Ferraro & Associates, P.A., announced it has filed one of the first mercury poisoning lawsuits in South Florida against American Home Products and its related companies.

The suit was filed March 28, 2002, on behalf of Mohamed and Juliet Edoo, the parents of 5-year-old Justin Edoo. The child suffers from toxic neurological effects of mercury poisoning after receiving childhood vaccines containing thimerosal, a highly toxic preservative with high doses of mercury that were administered over a 2-year period (December 1996 through December 1998).

The complaint alleges that, despite earlier warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors named in the complaint continued to manufacture, distribute, market and sell thimerosal-containing products without any reference to the toxic hazards. The action, which is pending in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, also includes defendants Federico J. Martinez, MD, the plaintiff's pediatrician who administered the vaccines to Edoo, and Florida Power and Light Company, which discharges and emits mercury into the atmosphere at a facility less than 50 kilometers from the Edoo's ...