OMG moment. Article: DNP: the return of a deadly weight-loss drug

During my casual morning browse of the headlines I came across this article in The Guardian, while reading this I am appalled at pharmaceutical companies that are entrusted with knowledge of the chemicals that go into medications to place such a deadly substance in “slimming pills” and play on the current body image vulnerabilities of people. Also it brings to mind the question has body image preception become such a rising current issue that people are becoming more and more dependent on quick pro quo’s ?

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DNP: the return of a deadly weight-loss drug

http://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2014/feb/06/dnp-deadly-weight-loss-drug-science-history