Personal Injury Law

Nevadans Question Vaccinations

By Steve Klearman

According to an article from PBS: Newshour Extra dated March 7, 2008, a number of parents are blaming vaccinations for the emergence of autism in their children.

Parents are filing their cases in a "federal vaccine court," which was set up to protect vaccine makers from bankruptcy. If the vaccination companies are found at fault, the award plaintiffs will come from a government fund and not from the industry itself.

The parents claim that thimerosal, a preservative in vaccines that contains mercury, caused their children to have autism. This is a preservative that is common in many of the vaccinations given to young children.

Full post as published by Reno Personal Injury Lawyer on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).