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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…
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…