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J.J. Mosher
Analysis of Persuasive Campaign Paper
Persuasion

Tylenol Murders of 1982

In September of 1982, McNeil Consumer Products (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) was faced with a crisis when seven people in Chicago suddenly died from the ingestion of Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules. Authorities determined that the capsules had been tampered with and each contained 65 milligrams of potassium cyanide. The amount of cyanide needed to hill a human is around six micrograms, which means that the pills contained 10,000 times that number. Dr. Thomas Kim, chief of the Northwest Community Hospital at the time of the killings said, “The victims never had a chance. Death was certain within minutes.” (Kaplan) (Wikipedia)
Seven lives were lost due to the tampering of the Tylenol capsules. According to a journal article by Tamara Kaplan of The Pennsylvania State University, 12 year old Mary Kellerman was the first to take the pills and died on the 29th of September in......

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