Warning over illegal 'weight loss' chemical DNP

Name: Warning over illegal 'weight loss' chemical DNP
Uploaded: 2013-10-09T07:17:00.000Z
Duration: 3 min 21 s
Description: The Food Standards Agency is starting a campaign to warn of the dangers of the so-called fat burning substance 2,4-dinitrophenol, known as DNP, after three deaths this year.

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The Food Standards Agency is launching a campaign to warn people of the dangers of an industrial chemical that is being sold illegally as a fat burning pill.

Three people in the UK have died this year after consuming 2,4-dinitrophenol, known as DNP.

Tim Muffett reports.

Health

9 October 2013