Adolf W. Jann
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About the Seveso chemical disaster at his Hoffmann La Roche plant: "Capitalism means progress, and progress can lead sometimes to some inconvenience." When he was asked what he thought about the children crying in the hospitals, he said "It is normal: the children weep when they are subject to injections"
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Adolf W. Jann was a Swiss banker. He was general-director of Hoffmann-La Roche.
Seveso Chemical Accident
The notorious Seveso disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on July 10, 1976, in a chemical manufacturing plant owned by La Roche, approximately 20 kilometres north of Milan in the Lombardy region of Italy. The incident resulted in the highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in residential populations.
When asked to comment in a television interview about Seveso, Dr. Adolph Jann, president of Hoffmann-La Roche, stated "Capitalism means progress, and progress can lead sometimes to some inconvenience." and when he was asked what he thought about the children crying in the hospitals, he said "It is normal: the children weep when they are subject to injections"[1]
| Extract of interview with Hoffman-La Roche President Adolf Jann |
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1971 | 23 April 1971 | 25 April 1971 | US Vermont Woodstock Woodstock Inn | The 20th Bilderberg, 89 guests |
