Poisoning — United Kingdom
On Sunday, 12 Apr 2015, a 21-year-old female took diet pills she’d bought over the internet. Later that day she was dead. Police said the tablets were believed to contain dinitrophenol, known as DNP — a highly toxic industrial chemical. An inquest in Shrewsbury [England] concluded that the death of this woman was as a result of an accidental drugs overdose. Her mum told Newsbeat it’s not a quick fix for losing a bit of weight but a “one-way trip.”
The deceased, from Shrewsbury, was
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