Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada
The tainted blood disaster, or the tainted blood scandal, was a Canadian public health crisis in the 1980s in which thousands of people were exposed to HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products. Wikipedia
Also known as: Tainted blood scandal
Deaths: 8,000
Inquiry report: Final report of the Krever Inquiry
Outcome: creation of Héma-Québec and Canadian Blood Services