Three former executives of a company that makes machines that test lead levels in humans deliberately concealed that the devices produced falsely low results.
They're charged in connection with a conspiracy to conceal a malfunction with equipment that tested for lead poisoning in the blood of children and adults.
The devices in question tested lead levels through blood draws or fingersticks and accounted for more than half of all blood lead tests conducted in the U.S. from 2013 through 2017, prosecutors said.
Three former executives of medical device company Magellan Diagnostics concealed a malfunction in the company’s lead-testing devices that caused tests to underestimate the level of lead in people s blood, U.S. prosecutors in Boston said in announcing criminal charges on Wednesday.