Tylenol murders
Poisoned pain relievers
The Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths in the Chicago area in 1982, when seven people died after taking Tylenol capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide.
The case was never solved but transformed product safety in America—tamper-resistant packaging and sealed containers became standard after manufacturers realized products could be poisoned on store shelves.
The phrase sometimes appears in discussions of product tampering or corporate crisis response: The Tylenol murders changed how companies think about consumer safety.
- cyanideToxic carbon-nitrogen compound
- tamperingImproper interference with something
- ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
- 1982A calendar year
- capsulesEncased doses of medicine
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