Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway
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Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 10 Dow Chemical Agent Orange knew of dioxin contamination during Vietnam supplied 20 million gallons
Dow Chemical Knew Agent Orange Was Lethal—And Shipped It Anyway In June 1965, Dow Chemical’s own toxicology director, Dr. V. K. Rowe, wrote an internal memo warning that the compan…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 09 3M PFAS 1970s internal research showed forever chemicals accumulated in human blood continued produc
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1975, 3M scientists measured PFAS—so-called "forever chemicals"—in the blood of their own employees and found concentrations 1,000 times higher th…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 08 DuPont C8 1961 internal documents confirmed C8 caused tumors in rats used in Teflon for 40 more year
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1961, DuPont’s own internal research confirmed that C8—a chemical used to make Teflon—caused tumors in rats. The company continued using it in con…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 07 Boeing 737 MAX engineers internal messages described MCAS as designed by clowns certified and sold
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In October 2018, a Boeing engineer sent an internal message describing the 737 MAX’s MCAS flight control system as “designed by clowns who in turn ar…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 06 Takata airbags 2004 internal tests showed rupture risk sold 100 million units before recall
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2004, Takata Corporation’s internal tests revealed that its airbag inflators could rupture, sending metal shards into vehicle cabins. The company …
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 05 Ford Pinto internal cost-benefit analysis valued a human life at 200000 cheaper to pay lawsuits than
THE FORD PINTO: THE MEMO THAT PRICED A LIFE AT $200,000 THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In 1973, Ford Motor Company’s internal cost-benefit analysis calculated that fixing the Pinto…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 04 General Motors ignition switch engineer identified defect in 2001 fix cost 57 cents recalled 13 year
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2001, a General Motors engineer test-drove a pre-production Chevrolet Cobalt, felt the ignition switch turn off under his knee, and wrote in an in…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 03 Johnson Johnson baby powder internal memos from 1971 confirmed asbestos presence sold for 50 more ye
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1971, a Johnson & Johnson internal memo confirmed that independent laboratory tests had found asbestos—a known carcinogen—in the company’s bab…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 02 Purdue Pharma 1995 internal report confirmed OxyContins addiction potential launched aggressive mark
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In October 1995, three months before OxyContin’s launch, Purdue Pharma’s own medical director, Dr. Robert Kaiko, authored an internal report confirmi…
Companies Knew Products Were Bad And Sold Anyway: 01 Tobacco industry internal documents from 1953 show they knew nicotine was addictive and cancer-causi
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On December 15, 1953, executives from the six largest American tobacco companies—Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, American Tobacco, Liggett & Myers,…