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| Eloise Parry death: Toxic pills removed after family pressure | Eloise Parry death: Toxic pills removed after family pressure |
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| A global distributor of "highly toxic" diet pills that killed a Shropshire student has agreed to stop selling them after being confronted by her mother. | A global distributor of "highly toxic" diet pills that killed a Shropshire student has agreed to stop selling them after being confronted by her mother. |
| Eloise Aimee Parry, 21, from Shrewsbury, died in hospital on 12 April after taking tablets believed to contain dinitrophenol, known as DNP. | Eloise Aimee Parry, 21, from Shrewsbury, died in hospital on 12 April after taking tablets believed to contain dinitrophenol, known as DNP. |
| Two websites that sold DNP were closed following her death but a BBC investigation found one had reopened under a different name. | Two websites that sold DNP were closed following her death but a BBC investigation found one had reopened under a different name. |
| The site has now withdrawn the pills. | The site has now withdrawn the pills. |
| Although the website is not the one thought to have supplied Miss Parry, it was one of two closed by Interpol following her death. | Although the website is not the one thought to have supplied Miss Parry, it was one of two closed by Interpol following her death. |
| An Inside Out investigation for the BBC found the business was still running with a new web address. | An Inside Out investigation for the BBC found the business was still running with a new web address. |
| Eloise's mother, Fiona, said she was appalled the site had continued to operate. | Eloise's mother, Fiona, said she was appalled the site had continued to operate. |
| 'Happy to sell' | 'Happy to sell' |
| Together with Mrs Parry, the BBC confronted the man who runs the site from Turkey - Orhan Topcuer - who subsequently agreed to withdraw the pills. | Together with Mrs Parry, the BBC confronted the man who runs the site from Turkey - Orhan Topcuer - who subsequently agreed to withdraw the pills. |
| In an online call with Mr Topcuer, Mrs Parry, a chemistry teacher, asked him: "It doesn't worry you that people die?" | In an online call with Mr Topcuer, Mrs Parry, a chemistry teacher, asked him: "It doesn't worry you that people die?" |
| Mr Topcuer replied: "If they don't know what they are using, they shouldn't use it." | Mr Topcuer replied: "If they don't know what they are using, they shouldn't use it." |
| Mrs Parry revealed: "The girl who died was my daughter and it bothers me that there are people like you out there who are quite happy to sell this stuff. | Mrs Parry revealed: "The girl who died was my daughter and it bothers me that there are people like you out there who are quite happy to sell this stuff. |
| "There will be people who have died because of buying the stuff that you've sold." | "There will be people who have died because of buying the stuff that you've sold." |
| She said she did not understand how "an industrial chemical, an explosive, can be made into tablets and sent around the world, keep killing people and not get stopped". | She said she did not understand how "an industrial chemical, an explosive, can be made into tablets and sent around the world, keep killing people and not get stopped". |
| "I'm appalled and the fact that this stuff looks so professionally packaged may help to give it some legitimacy when we know what it really does." | "I'm appalled and the fact that this stuff looks so professionally packaged may help to give it some legitimacy when we know what it really does." |
| 'Global trade' | 'Global trade' |
| In July, an inquest ruled Eloise's death was caused by an accidental drugs overdose. | In July, an inquest ruled Eloise's death was caused by an accidental drugs overdose. |
| Coroner John Ellery heard the student, who studied at Glyndwr University in Wrexham, sent a text message in which she said: "I think I am going to die. | |
| "No-one is known to survive if they vomit after taking DNP. I am so scared." | "No-one is known to survive if they vomit after taking DNP. I am so scared." |
| The sale of DNP is the subject of an ongoing investigation, named Operation Pangea, involving police, Interpol - the international police organisation - and the Food Standards Agency. | The sale of DNP is the subject of an ongoing investigation, named Operation Pangea, involving police, Interpol - the international police organisation - and the Food Standards Agency. |
| The Food Standards Agency said: "This is a global trade and that requires a global response which is why we're working with international agencies." | The Food Standards Agency said: "This is a global trade and that requires a global response which is why we're working with international agencies." |
| Interpol's executive director of police services, Tim Morris, said the organisation had made "significant progress" by shutting down, "illegitimate online pharmacies and seizing illegal and counterfeit pharmaceutical products". | Interpol's executive director of police services, Tim Morris, said the organisation had made "significant progress" by shutting down, "illegitimate online pharmacies and seizing illegal and counterfeit pharmaceutical products". |
| What is DNP? | What is DNP? |
| Inside Out is broadcast on BBC One West Midlands at 19:30 on Monday 7 September and nationwide for 30 days thereafter on the iPlayer. | Inside Out is broadcast on BBC One West Midlands at 19:30 on Monday 7 September and nationwide for 30 days thereafter on the iPlayer. |