Report: Drug Maker Knowingly Sold Tainted Children’s Tylenol

March 11, 2015

So I’m outraged to hear that a drug maker knowingly sold tainted children’s medication. That’s right — They knew something was wrong with the drugs and they sold them anyway.

According to a Reuters report, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to selling liquid medicine contaminated with metal and agreed to pay $25 million to resolve the case.

Trouble began back in 2009 when…

Heather Morgan Shott is the former Editor-in-Chief of Momtastic.com. Previously she was site director of The Nest. Before that, she was founding editor of the social network MixingBowl.com, and she held senior editor positions at Parents.com and BHG.com, as well as digital editor positions at WineSpectator.com, Brides.com, and National Geographic Traveler.
When she's not working, she's hanging with her fam in Brooklyn, probably at the playground and most definitely drinking coffee. Her two impeccably dressed children, Mason, 6, and Poppy Belle, 2, listen to every word she says and never have tantrums (hey, a girl can dream!). Follow their adventures on her blog, High Chair Times, and Facebook.
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