Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway
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Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 30 Social media algorithms internal Facebook research confirmed Instagram harmed teenage girls mental h
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In March 2020, Facebook’s own researchers concluded that Instagram made body image issues worse for one in three teenage girls. The finding was not b…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 29 JUUL internal documents show they targeted teenagers knew about addiction risk marketed anyway
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2015, JUUL’s internal marketing team celebrated a campaign called “Vaporized” with an email subject line: “Teenager Numbers.” The attached spreads…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 28 Hip implants DePuy internal data showed metal-on-metal implants failed at high rates sold for 10 yea
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2005, DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, conducted an internal analysis of its ASR XL metal-on-metal hip implant and found…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 27 Chlorpyrifos pesticide Dows own studies showed neurodevelopmental harm in children lobbied EPA for 2
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1998, Dow Chemical’s own internal study—conducted by its subsidiary Dow AgroSciences—found that children exposed to chlorpyrifos in utero had meas…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 26 Bausch Lomb ReNu contact lens solution knew about Fusarium fungal infections in 2005 delayed recall
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In March 2005, Bausch & Lomb’s internal safety committee received a report from its Singapore office detailing 12 cases of Fusarium fungal eye in…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 25 PGE power lines inspection reports showed deteriorating equipment in Camp Fire area 84 people died
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On November 8, 2018, Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) 115,000-volt Caribou-Palermo transmission line failed near Pulga, California. Internal i…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 24 E coli in Jack in the Box company knew its beef patties were undercooked 73 children infected 4 died
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On January 13, 1993, Jack in the Box’s corporate quality assurance manager sent a memo to regional managers: "Cooking temperatures below 155°F (68°C)…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 23 Zantac internal stability tests showed ranitidine degraded into NDMA carcinogen sold for decades
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1981, Glaxo Holdings’ internal stability tests found that ranitidine—the active ingredient in Zantac—degraded into N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), …
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 22 Remington Arms internal documents showed Model 700 rifle could fire without trigger pull sold for 60
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET For 60 years, Remington Arms sold the Model 700 rifle—a firearm used by hunters, law enforcement, and military forces worldwide—knowing its trigger m…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 21 Firestone tires internal data showed tread separation problems years before 2000 recall 271 deaths
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1992—eight years before Firestone’s 2000 recall of 6.5 million tires linked to 271 deaths—an internal Firestone memo warned that the company’s ATX…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 20 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 knew about battery fires before launch shipped anyway
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET Three months before the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 launched in August 2016, an internal Samsung test report—dated May 29, 2016—documented "severe" battery…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 19 Lumber Liquidators tested and knew formaldehyde levels sold product regardless
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2014, Lumber Liquidators’ own internal testing found that 96% of its Chinese-sourced laminate flooring exceeded California’s formaldehyde emission…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 18 Dialysis equipment Fresenius internal reports showed GranuFlo caused cardiac arrests sent only to th
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2010, Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s largest dialysis provider, sent an internal memo to its own clinics warning that its GranuFlo dialysis p…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 17 Breast implants Dow Corning internal documents from 1970s raised safety questions sold through 1992
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1975, Dow Corning’s own toxicology director, Dr. Arthur Rathjen, warned in an internal memo that the company’s silicone breast implants could caus…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 16 Thalidomide known teratogen in Europe Frances Kelsey at FDA blocked US approval thousands of birth d
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1961, the West German pharmaceutical company Grünenthal shipped 1.5 million thalidomide tablets to Japan—after its own internal tests confirmed th…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 15 Vioxx Mercks internal emails show cardiovascular risk was known before launch 60000 estimated deaths
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In March 1999—five months before Vioxx was approved—Merck’s own scientists warned in an internal email that the drug’s cardiovascular risks were “cle…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 14 Asbestos industry Johns Manville internal documents from 1930s confirm they knew sold until 1970s
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1934, Johns Manville’s medical director, Dr. Anthony Lanza, wrote an internal memo stating that asbestos dust caused “a definite occupational haza…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 13 Leaded gasoline GM Standard Oil and DuPont knew tetraethyl lead was dangerous in 1924 sold it for 50
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In October 1924, five workers at Standard Oil’s tetraethyl lead plant in New Jersey died within days of exposure, hallucinating and convulsing. The c…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 12 Lead paint industry knew lead paint caused brain damage in children in the 1900s lobbied against ban
THE LEAD PAINT INDUSTRY KNEW—AND SOLD ANYWAY THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1904, the Australian Medical Gazette published a study linking lead paint to childhood brain damage. …
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 11 Monsanto Roundup internal emails show scientists manipulated research on glyphosate cancer risk
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2015, Monsanto’s own toxicology manager, Donna Farmer, wrote in an internal email: “You cannot say that Roundup is not a carcinogen… we have not d…