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Tylenol Tragedies
In the fall of 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after ingesting Extra-Strength Tylenol laced with potassium cyanide. The crime — which has never been solved — sparked a citywide panic; for days, police cruised the streets, blaring warnings that residents should discard the product. The Tylenol poisonings also prompted a slew of copycats. Over the ensuing month, authorities tallied 270 different incidents of product-tampering, from pins unearthed in Halloween candy on Long Island, New York, to Excedrin laced with mercuric chloride in Colorado. Johnson & Johnson spent millions of dollars recalling Tylenol from stores nationwide. To prevent a recurrence, the FDA mandated new tamper-proof seals for over-the-counter drugs.
羟苯基乙酰胺的悲剧
在1982年的秋天，7名芝加哥人在吃了掺入了氰化钾的强效羟苯基乙酰胺胶囊后死亡。这罪行一直未得以解决，整个城市陷入悲伤之中。几天的时间里，警察上街用大喇叭提醒居民应当丢弃这种产品。这件有毒事件还促使出现了一批盲目模仿者。在随后的一个月中，政府发现了270多件产品问题事件，从纽约长岛发现的藏在万圣节糖果中的大头针到科罗拉多州掺了氯化汞的对乙酞氨基酚。强生公司花了数百万美元用来在全国范围内的商店里召回羟苯基乙酰胺。为了防止再次出现不慎或故意对药品额外添加东西，美国食品药监局要求所有在柜台销售的药品使用新的密封措施。
