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Wednesday, September 29, 1982, in the Illinois suburb of Arlington Heights, 27-year-old

US postal worker Adam Janus felt the symptoms of a cold coming on and decided to take the

day off from work. After picking up his two children from preschool, he visited a local

dual supermarket to purchase and paint relief medication. He chose a 50-captured bottle

of extra strength Tylenol and over the counter-brand of Paracetamol used to treat pain and fever.

Adam returned home, ate lunch, then informed his wife he was going to take two Tylenol

and lie down. When she went to check on him a short while later, she found Adam in bed

convulsing. Paramedics were called and by the time they arrived to the Janus house, Adam's

state had worsened significantly. He was completely unresponsive, his pupils were fixed

and dilated, his breathing labored and his blood pressure was alarmingly low. They rushed

Adam to Northwest Community Hospital. He arrived in a comato state and died in the emergency

ward shortly thereafter at 3.15pm. The hospital's medical director, Dr Thomas Kim, declared

Adam's cause of death as cardiac arrest but was unsure what prompted the fatal condition

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