Sterilization of California Female Prisoners (2013): Approximately 150 female inmates in California were illegally sterilized between 2006 and 2010 without their consent.
MMR Vaccine Controversy (1998): False claims connecting the MMR vaccine to autism caused widespread fear, leading to a decline in vaccination rates and an increase in cases of mumps and measles, resulting in deaths
Gurgaon Kidney Transplant Racket (2008): A kidney transplant racket in Gurgaon, India exploited poor laborers, coercing them or offering money to sell their kidneys illegally.
Heparin Adulteration (2008): Contaminated batches of heparin injections manufactured by an American company caused 81 deaths and 785 severe injuries due to blood clot prevention medication.
Children of Thalidomide (Circa: 1957-1962): Pregnant women consuming Thalidomide, used as a tranquilizer, resulted in over 10,000 children being born with abnormal arms and legs in multiple countries.
HIV Tainted Blood (1981-1986): The Japanese government used a US-licensed blood product that was meant to kill HIV but infected approximately 2,000 hemophilia patients with the virus.
New England Compounding Center Meningitis Outbreak (2012-2013): The New England Compounding Center distributed contaminated drugs, causing a fungal meningitis outbreak and affecting 75 clinics, hospitals, and surgeries in 23 US states.
Chicago Tylenol Murders (1982): Multiple deaths occurred in Chicago in 1982 when victims unknowingly consumed Tylenol capsules spiked with potassium cyanide, allegedly tampered with by a man named James William Lewis.
Toxic Cough Syrup (2007): Pharmaceutical manufacturers in Panama used diethylene glycol, a cheap substitute for glycerin found in anti-freeze and brake fluid, in cough syrup, resulting in approximately 400 deaths.