Do you know why your 苦痛 殺人,大当り pills have a 調印(する)? How the 未解決の Tylenol 殺人s of 1982 changed the way we take 医薬

  • Seven?Chicago 居住(者)s died by 毒(薬)ing in 1982 after taking Tylenol
  • At the time, the pills (機の)カム in a コンテナ guarded only by a cotton ball?
  • James 吊りくさび, 76, was the 単独の 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑う in the 殺人s and died last week

A serial 殺し屋 who has never been caught changed the way Americans 消費する over-the-反対する 医薬, after they sent the nation into 普及した panic with their sick 殺人,大当り 計画/陰謀.

The 毒(薬)ing 殺人s of seven Chicago 居住(者)s in 1982 horrified the country - and the world 捕まらないで - because they 伴う/関わるd Tylenol, the best-selling 非,不,無-prescription 苦痛 reliever at the time.

The 殺し屋 had opened the 要約する/(宇宙ロケットの)カプセルs and 取って代わるd some of the acetaminophen with potassium 青酸カリ then 静かに returned them to the 棚上げにするs.?

The only 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑う to ever 現れる was James 吊りくさび, who?died earlier this week at home?at the age of 76.

At the time, the pills (機の)カム in a コンテナ guarded only by a cotton ball. But the?殺人,大当りs led to 全世界の/万国共通の 改革(する)s in how over-the-反対する 薬/医学s are 一括d, with the FDA introducing new tamper-proof 一括ing 含むing 失敗させる/負かす 調印(する)s.

The first 犠牲者 was 12-year-old Mary Kellerman from the 郊外 of Elk Grove Village. Her parents gave her one?extra-strength 要約する/(宇宙ロケットの)カプセル on September 29 after she complained of?a sore throat and a runny nose. By the morning she was dead.

Mary Kellerman, Mary McFarland, Mary 'Lynn' Reiner, Paula Prince, and Stanley, Adam and Terri Janus died after taking Tylenol pills mixed with cyanide. Their killings changed the way Americans?consume over-the-counter medication

Mary Kellerman, Mary McFarland, Mary 'Lynn' Reiner, Paula Prince, and Stanley, Adam and Terri Janus died after taking Tylenol pills mixed with 青酸カリ. Their 殺人,大当りs changed the way Americans?消費する over-the-反対する 医薬

Although he always denied being the killer, James Lewis was questioned as recently as September over the murders. He died earlier this week at the age of 76

Although he always 否定するd 存在 the 殺し屋, James 吊りくさび was questioned as recently as September over the 殺人s. He died earlier this week at the age of 76

The same day, 27-year-old 郵便の 労働者 Adam Janus, of Arlington 高さs, also mysteriously passed away after taking a Tylenol pill. His death was 最初 支配するd a 大規模な heart attack but turned out to be from 青酸カリ 毒(薬)ing.

When going to 嘆く/悼む him, his brother Stanley, 25, and sister-in-法律 Theresa, 19, took tablets from the same 瓶/封じ込める to manage a 頭痛. In a heartbreaking family 悲劇, Stanley died that day, and Theresa two days later.

Over the next week, three others lost their lives - 35-year-old Mary McFarland of Elmhurst, 35-year-old Paula Prince of Chicago, and 27-year-old Mary Weiner of Winfield.?

By 早期に October, police realized Tylenol was the ありふれた denominator in the strange deaths.

Before the 1982 危機, Tylenol controlled more than 35 パーセント of the over-the-反対する 苦痛 reliever market. Only a few weeks after the 殺人s, that number 急落するd to いっそう少なく than 8 パーセント.?

Because the tampered 瓶/封じ込めるs (機の)カム from different factories, 破壊行為 in 生産/産物 was 支配するd out. Instead, it is thought someone went around 麻薬 蓄える/店s, 開始 瓶/封じ込めるs and 追加するing a lethal potassium 青酸カリ 構内/化合物, before returning them to the 棚上げにするs.

Tylenol 製造業者 Johnson & Johnson 問題/発行するd a 集まり 警告 and 解任するd the over 31 million 瓶/封じ込めるs of Tylenol in 循環/発行部数. 要約する/(宇宙ロケットの)カプセルs with 毒(薬) were 設立する in a few grocery 蓄える/店s in the Chicago area and 解任するd before anyone else was killed.

Within a year of the 殺人s, and after an 投資 of more than $100 million, Tylenol's sales 回復するd, and it had a renaissance as the nation's favorite over-the-反対する 苦痛 reliever.

In 1983, the U.S. 議会 passed what was called 'the Tylenol 法案,' making it a 連邦の 罪/違反 to tamper with 消費者 製品s.?

In 1989, the FDA 設立するd 連邦の 指導基準s for 製造業者s to make all such 製品s tamper-proof.

Tylenol manufacturer Johnson & Johnson issued a mass warning and recalled the over 31 million bottles of Tylenol in circulation

Tylenol 製造業者 Johnson & Johnson 問題/発行するd a 集まり 警告 and 解任するd the over 31 million 瓶/封じ込めるs of Tylenol in 循環/発行部数?

The murders?caused worldwide panic and led to reforms in how over-the-counter medicines are packaged, with the FDA introducing new tamper-proof packaging like foil seals

The 殺人s?原因(となる)d 世界的な panic and led to 改革(する)s in how over-the-反対する 薬/医学s are 一括d, with the FDA introducing new tamper-proof 一括ing like 失敗させる/負かす 調印(する)s

Although he always 否定するd it, police believed 吊りくさび was behind the 殺人,大当り spree and he was questioned as recently as September, as 当局 worked to find the person behind the 殺人s 40 years later.?

吊りくさび, a former accountant, was 逮捕(する)d, 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d, and 罪人/有罪を宣告するd for 令状ing ゆすり,強要 letters in which he 脅すd the 殺人,大当りs would continue unless $1 million was wired to a bank account.?

In a jailhouse interview, he explained an intricate 計画/陰謀 the 殺し屋 'would have used' to 毒(薬) the pills using a 演習d pegboard.

Police have said they believe 吊りくさび 行為/法令/行動するd on 復讐 against Johnson & Johnson after his five-year-old daughter, Toni, died in 1974. The girl passed away after sutures made by a 子会社 of the company were used to 直す/買収する,八百長をする her congenital heart defect and they tore.

吊りくさび was 設立する dead in his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home on Sunday, ending 公式の/役人s' hopes of one day 罪人/有罪を宣告するing him for the 殺人,大当りs.

'I was saddened to learn of James 吊りくさび's death. Not because he's dead, but because he didn't die in 刑務所,拘置所,' said former Assistant U.S. 弁護士/代理人/検事 Jeremy Margolis, who 起訴するd 吊りくさび for ゆすり,強要.?

'I was always hoping 司法(官) would be served, and this short-回路・連盟s it,' 追加するd retired 連邦検察局 special スパイ/執行官 Roy 小道/航路.?