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DNP poisoning on the rise: Analysis

By Nicola Cottam

Cases of poisoning from the industrial chemical dinitrophenol (or DNP) – often used by bodybuilders to burn fat - are on the increase, according to research.

‘Super-bananas’ close to commercialisation

By Nicola Cottam

The mass-production of so-called ‘super-bananas’ enriched with vitamin A may begin in Uganda as early as 2020 pending approval by the country’s legislators, according to the project’s lead scientist, James Dale.