S.T.O.P.
P.O. Box 4352
Burlington, VT 05406
Media & Business
(802) 863-0555
Victims &
Victims' Families
(800) 350-STOP
Send e-mail to:
feedback@stop-usa.org
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Victims' Resources
Welcome to the S.T.O.P. - Safe Tables Our Priority Victims' Resources
pages. This section is devoted to connecting with other victims, their experiences
and resources they have identified. If you are looking for more information
on foodborne illness in particular, please see our Foodborne
Illness Information section.
These pages are organized as follows:
- What to Do If You Think a Family Member
Has a Foodborne Illness. Here S.T.O.P. supplies information on what
to do if you believe a family member has a foodborne illness, including
how to begin an investigation of the source of the illness and steps to
take to prevent one family member from infecting the others.
- Press Contact Permission Form.
S.T.O.P. is frequently contacted by members of the press, including print,
radio and television, who want to interview victims of severe foodborne
illnesses, including but not limited to campylobacter, cryptosporidium,
cyclospora, E. coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A, Listeria, Salmonella, Shigella
and Vibrio. S.T.O.P. has found that victims' stories play a key role in
bringing about change in government policy and ensuring that these incidents
are not needlessly repeated. If you are willing to share your foodborne
illness story with the press, please fill out this form.
- Personal Stories and Testimonials.
This section describes the horrendous experiences many of our members have
endured as a loved one developed devastating complications from foodborne
illness. If you are a relative or friend of foodborne illness and have
a story that you would like to have posted at the site, please send it
to us at feedback@stop-usa.org.
Stories may be edited for clarity and fact checking.
- Long-Term Health Implications of E.
coli O157:H7. On October 7, 2000, S.T.O.P. hosted a major conference
on this important topic in Seattle, Washington. This section includes detailed
transcripts and slides of presentations given by major medical researchers
in the area of long-term health consequences from Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.
- Professional Resources. This section
contains names of individuals and organizations with legal and paralegal
experience in foodborne illness. While S.T.O.P. does not endorse these
individuals or organizations, we list them here as a service for victims.
S.T.O.P. members who pursued wrongful death or personal injury lawsuits
against food providers recommended the listed individuals to S.T.O.P.
- Victims' Frequently Asked Questions.
S.T.O.P. maintains a victims' hotline at 1-800-350-STOP. In this section,
we cover some of the questions that are asked most frequently on our hotline.
For other frequently asked questions related to foodborne illness, see
the Foodborne Illness Frequently Asked Questions.
- Research Programs Seeking Participants. This section is still under
development.
If you cannot find the information for which you are looking, please
contact the S.T.O.P. hotline at 1-800-350-STOP or e-mail us at feedback@stop-usa.org.
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