perflurooctanoic acid, also known as c8 or pfoa, is used in the production of non-stick pans, gore-tex, etc. if ingested, it can cause cancer, high cholesterol, thyroid disease, eye defects in unborn children, enlarged livers, ulcerative colitis, etc. the only safe way to dispose of it is to incinerate it or treat it as chemical waste. instead, dupont dumped hundreds of thousands of pounds of it into the ohio river, and buried 7,100 tons more in an unlined sludge pit. to date, dupont faces 3,5,34 multi-million dollar lawsuits as a result.

in 2002, when eli lilly's patent for prozac was about to run out, they acquired patient medical records and began mailing pills directly to consumers without their consent or a prescription.

in 1999, phillip morris corporation explained to the czech government that cigarettes are a good thing because citizens die sooner if they smoke, reducing long-term healthcare costs. no kidding. they did the same thing for canada and the netherlands, and were in the process of producing similar studies for other countries before it was suggested to them that killing off a country's citizens to save money was likely to be seen as a bad thing.

in 1999, phillip morris corporation explained to the czech government that cigarettes are a good thing because citizens die sooner if they smoke, reducing long-term healthcare costs. no kidding.

james jameson, the whiskey fortune heir, once bought an 11-year-old girl and gave her to cannibals so that he could observe and record the cooking process.