The Tylenol Mafia (84 page)

and
the FBI and Illinois officials are not: Avila, Oscar. “Tylenol murders linger in shadows.”
Chicago Tribune
, September 29, 2002. -- Bellisario, Frank.
Personal interview by Michelle Rosen, March 2010.
-- Watkins, Scott.
Personal interview by Michelle Rosen, March 12, 2010.
-- Siekmann, Peter.
Personal interview by Michelle Rosen, August 2010 -- Lewis, James.
Personal interview by author.
Philadelphia, May 27, 2011. -- Bartz, Scott. FOIA request to Winfield, June 16, 2011.

In 1982, the disclosures by Cook County: United Press International.
“Suspect List Cut to Four.”
Pharos-Tribune
, October 11, 1982. --
Tifft
, Susan; Lee, Griggs.
“Poison Madness in the Midwest.”
TIME
, October 11, 1982. -- “Suspects Studied in Cyanide Deaths.”
Casa Grande Dispatc
h, October 4, 1982.

In 1986, West Chester District Attorney: Norman, Michael. “FBI is assigning Tylenol inquiry ‘highest priority.’”
The New York Times
, February 15, 1986. -- Associated Press.
“Poisoned Tylenol: no time limit.”
Sunday Intelligencer/Montgomery County Record
, February 16, 1986. -- McFadden, Robert D. “Two bottles of poisoned Tylenol were shipped by same distributor.”
New York Times
, February 16, 1986. -- “Tests Link Poisons in Two Tylenol Bottles.”
The Post-Standard
, February 15, 1986.

knowingly
selling drugs that contain contaminants: FDA.
“FDA 483 Inspection Observations.”
April 4, 2010.

From 2008 through 2010, the FDA apparently: FDA.
“FDA 483 Inspection Observations.”
January 8, 2010 -- FDA.
“FDA 483 Inspection Observations.”
April 4, 2010.

J&J also had to shut down the McNeil: “Tylenol plant in Ft. Washington closed in wake of recall.”
ABC Action News Philadelphia website, May 5, 2010.
Accessed July 1, 2011.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/health&id=7396607

yet
the company’s handling of the 1982 Tylenol murders is still portrayed in the media as the gold standard: Singer, Natasha. “In Recall, a Role Model Stumbles.”
The
New York Times
, January 17, 2010. –
Adubato
, Steve. “At Johnson & Johnson, humility helps salvage a reputation.”
Star Ledger
website, May 1, 2011.
Accessed July 1, 2011.
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/05/at_johnson_johson_humility_hel.html
 

J&J convinced the judge:
 
Szymczak
, P. Davis. “Settlement Reached In Tylenol Suit.”
Chicago Tribune
, May 14, 1991.

A federal judge dismissed the 1986: John Elsroth as Administrator of the Estate of Diane Elsroth v. Johnson & Johnson et al. 87 Civ. 1524, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, November 15, 1988.

“When a corporation”: Mintz, Morton. “Drug fiends: even inside Johnson & Johnson, public safety can take a back seat to profits.”
Washington Monthly
, December 1991.