In the autumn of 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking cyanide-laced Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules pulled from store shelves. Johnson & Johnson's recall became the textbook example of corporate crisis response — and the killer was never charged.
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The James Lewis extortion letter, the FBI's 2010 DNA push, the copycat poisonings that followed, and how the case is responsible for every tamper-evident seal on every bottle in your house.
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