Odds are that you have had moments of frustration trying to open new bottles of aspirin or other over-the-counter medications. Perhaps your fingernails are not up to the task of breaking the seal on the plastic wrap. Then you struggle to remove every wisp of the cotton wad standing between you and the medicine. Say the word “Tylenol” and even today, more than three decades later, many Americans will recall a time when the pain reliever and fear were almost synonymous. In 1982, someone tampered with capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol, turning them lethal with potassium cyanide.

Source: New York Times September 16, 2018 22:30 UTC