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Book pushes new theory on Tylenol poisonings

New book suggests cyanide was put into pills at distribution facility

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Chicago City Health Department workers test Tylenol medication for the presence of deadly cyanide a week after poisoned capsules killed seven people in 1982.

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“The Tylenol Mafia,” a self-published book by former Johnson & Johnson employee Scott Bartz, is being released today. It claims the Tylenol cyanide poisonings, which killed seven people in the Chicago area in 1982, took place in the Johnson & Johnson production and distribution channels.

Former Johnson & Johnson employee Scott Bartz, 50, who lives in New Jersey, spent 3½ years researching his new, self-published book, “The Tylenol Mafia.”

Photo courtesy of Scott Bartz

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A new book by a former Johnson & Johnson employee suggests the Tylenol poisonings, which killed seven people in the Chicago area in 1982, took place in the company's production or distribution channels, and company executives and federal agencies steered the investigation in the wrong direction. New Jersey resident Scott Bartz releases “The Tylenol Mafia” today.