Tylenol affair - Inquiry

Title

Tylenol affair - Inquiry

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

8 Oct 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:02:47

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports on an inquiry into the Tylenol affair, in which seven individuals died in Chicago after ingesting a cyanide-contaminated batch of the Johnson & Johnson painkiller. Includes interview with Jaye Schroeder, Chicago Police Department; press statement by William James, American Pharmaceutical Industry; James Cope, industry spokesman.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Jaye Schroeder; William James; James Cope

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Police; Drugs; Public inquiries; Poisoning; Chicago; Pharmaceutical industry; Tylenol; Johnson & Johnson; American Pharmaceutical Industry

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