The 1982 Tylenol poisonings forced permanent tamperproof packaging adoption

Evidence

In 1982, a person or persons unknown laced Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules with cyanide, causing seven deaths (Fletcher, 2009). This case of product tampering, along with a rash of copycat incidents, terrorized the public and forced the permanent, costly adoption of tamperproof packaging of over-the-counter products. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2257

Categorization

• SHARE: A tidy fact for someone into policy responses to lone-act terror or product-safety history.
• CANDY: The Tylenol tampering case is a widely-recognizable, conversation-ready historical anecdote about how one lone act permanently changed everyday packaging.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2257