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Well, not sure if Bayer is such a good name either. Bayer was part of conglomerate producing Zyklon B used by Germans to kill millions of people.
by Isinlor 7y ago
Well, not sure if Bayer is such a good name either. Bayer was part of conglomerate producing Zyklon B used by Germans to kill millions of people.
- dec0dedab0de 7y agoI mean they also were the first to market Heroine, that hasn't really stopped sales of asprin.
- saagarjha 7y ago(Heroin.)
- mrhappyunhappy 7y agoPretty sure it was autocorrected.
- DFHippie 7y agoYes, the marketing of heroines preceded them and is generally harmless (protests against "Wonder Woman" notwithstanding).
- fromthestart 7y agoBayer knowingly sold antihemopheliac factor contaminated with HIV. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/24785997/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/24785997/
- imglorp 7y agoThat should be bigger news. But as usual, quiet settlement and marginalized victims. 20,000 victims and a 300 million payout. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bayer-admits-it-paid-millions-in-hiv-infection-cases-just-not-in-english/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bayer-admits-it-paid-millions-i...
- joncrane 7y agoHugo Boss used to make Nazi uniforms and Volkswagen was literally founded by Nazis. I think we need to reference more recent crimes if we want to write off entire companies. What would be interesting is to determine what's within range and what isn't. I'll go out on a limb and say WW2 is beyond that horizon.