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‘Knowing it could kill you isn’t a deterrent’: the deadly trade in diet pills – The Guardian

The long read: DNP is an industrial chemical used in making explosives. If swallowed, it can cause a horrible death – and yet it is still being aggressively marketed to vulnerable people online

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On 11 April 2015, Ella Parry stood beside her small pink car, outside her council flat in Shrewsbury, watching the road. She was waiting for her mother to drop off her 17-year-old sister, Becky. The sisters were planning to go shopping together in Chester.
Ella got into her car as we arrived, so I just caught a glimpse of her, recalled her mother, Fiona Parry. The sun was shining and Ella was smiling. Ella was 21, tall and slim, with choppy blond hair. That day, as always, she wore full makeup …

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