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.

羥苯基乙酰胺的悲劇

在1982年的秋天，7名芝加哥人在吃了摻入了氰化鉀的強效羥苯基乙酰胺膠囊后死亡。這罪行一直未得以解決，整個城市陷入悲傷之中。幾天的時間里，警察上街用大喇叭提醒居民應當丟棄這種產品。這件有毒事件還促使出現了一批盲目模仿者。在隨后的一個月中，政府發現了270多件產品問題事件，從紐約長島發現的藏在萬圣節糖果中的大頭針到科羅拉多州摻了氯化汞的對乙酞氨基酚。強生公司花了數百萬美元用來在全國范圍內的商店里召回羥苯基乙酰胺。為了防止再次出現不慎或故意對藥品額外添加東西，美國食品藥監局要求所有在柜臺銷售的藥品使用新的密封措施。

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