Diet pills website ‘should have been shut down’ a year before student’s death

Eloise Parry, 21, died in April after taking eight diet pills that she purchased online. The pills contained 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP), an industrial chemical that promises a “quick fix” for rapid weight loss. The website has since been taken down, however, documents have been uncovered dating back to May of 2014 warning that a string of websites were operating as illegal online pharmacies, including the site that is believed to be the one Parry used. Government authorities had requested the site be shutdown multiple times prior to Parry’s death.