It’s not clear where the cyanide in Tylenol came from. After the first incident, they sold the pills in sealed bubble packs for hospitals, but then there was another incident from one of those packs. So clearly, the cyanide came from the production facility.
Also, at the time of the first incident, J&J CEO told media and FBI there was no cyanide present in the production facility, which was a lie. Cyanide was used to calibrate some equipment for QC inspection, and they had a kg bottle of it.
So likely all the poisonings were from a J&J employee, but the FBI went with the lone crazy theory and Ronald Reagan even gave the J&J CEO a medal and encouraged the country the drug was safe.
It’s not clear where the cyanide in Tylenol came from. After the first incident, they sold the pills in sealed bubble packs for hospitals, but then there was another incident from one of those packs. So clearly, the cyanide came from the production facility. Also, at the time of the first incident, J&J CEO told media and FBI there was no cyanide present in the production facility, which was a lie. Cyanide was used to calibrate some equipment for QC inspection, and they had a kg bottle of it.
So likely all the poisonings were from a J&J employee, but the FBI went with the lone crazy theory and Ronald Reagan even gave the J&J CEO a medal and encouraged the country the drug was safe.
See doc on Netflix.