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My vote goes to Bayer for knowingly and willingly selling H.I.V tainted medicine in the 1980s just to get rid of their inventory, not caring about the hundreds
by rando444 10y ago
My vote goes to Bayer for knowingly and willingly selling H.I.V tainted medicine in the 1980s just to get rid of their inventory, not caring about the hundreds or thousands of people they infected.
Possibly sadder is that the FDA actively helped Bayer to try and cover the whole thing up.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/business/2-paths-of-bayer-drug-in-80-s-riskier-one-steered-overseas.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/business/2-paths-of-bayer-...
- asciihacker 10y agoThe HIV/AIDS hypothesis is a media hoax initiated by Felix Gallo, a convicted cancer fraudster.
- tim333 10y agoJoking right?
- rando444 10y agoOne would think that your unsubstantiated claim would have come up during the trial where Bayer was forced to pay half a billion dollars to their victims. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaminated_haemophilia_blood_products https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaminated_haemophilia_blood... I believe you are probably making a reference to something completely unrelated.
- singularity2001 10y agoAlso Bayer for acquiring one of the most poisonous brands of our time (Monsanto)
- cholantesh 10y agoIs that still true today? In my experience, people are increasingly becoming ambivalent to them, and it seems that despite all the negative attention, they continue to be successful with their target market (farmers).