His parents say tests eventually showed that he had mercury poisoning, which they attribute to vaccines.
Yet they haven't had a single breakup, which they attribute to a willingness to learn from each other.
Local residents also complain of more and more cases of diarrhea, stomachaches and vomiting, which they attribute to poisons from the river, ingested in food and drinking water.
Linked by the internet, by twitter and text messages, many are trying to distance themselves from the destruction, which they attribute to "extremists, idiots and provocateurs".
"The consumer has come to expect a beautiful image from DVD, which they attribute to the DVD itself," Mr. Murphy said.
Sgt. Bob Dunn, a spokesman for the department, said that officers were also finding more illegal firearms in the area, which they attribute to gang activity.
No one died in the original disaster, although residents say that many older refugees died in the following months, which they attribute to sadness more than anything else.
In general, attribution theory concerns how people make judgments about someone's (or their own) behaviour that is, the causes to which they attribute behaviour.
Bureaucrats at the trade and economy ministry want to promote closer links between university scientists and the private sector, to which they attribute much of America's success.
Chefs, sommeliers, managers and servers at New York's finest restaurants all have their sex stories, all of which they attribute to the loss of inhibition with the advent of inebriation.
Airport officials maintain that the settling, which they attribute to porous earth off Osaka's coast, poses no immediate safety risk, although they predict the island will sink another three feet before it stabilizes.
