On November 3, 1993 my thirteen-year-old son, Eric Jackson Mueller, died after eating an E.coli O157:H7 contaminated hamburger in his hometown of Oceanside, California.

I have created this site in honor of Eric's memory. I hope that through my efforts, no other family will have to endure the horrible tragedy which has befallen our family.

The ECHO in this website's name, refers to both Eric's legacy as well as E.coli Help Organization.

From this web site, I hope you will learn about the E.coli pathogen, how it gets into our food supply, what can be done about it, and most importantly, what you can do today to protect your family from what Dr. Glenn Morris of the USDA called an epidemic on national television in 1996.

Rainer Mueller
Webmaster

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listen to what
President Bill Clinton
had to say about
Eric on July 15, 1995
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Eric Jackson Mueller

one month before he died of
hemolytic uremic syndrome
brought on by eating
an E.coli O157:H7
contaminated hamburger.
Eric was 13 years old.