{"id":1317,"date":"2017-11-18T22:28:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T22:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.body-mass.org\/portal\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2017-11-18T22:28:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T22:28:33","slug":"dr-tony-huge-och-enhanced-athlete-ar-under-utredning-for-forsaljning-av-dnp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.body-mass.org\/portal\/dr-tony-huge-och-enhanced-athlete-ar-under-utredning-for-forsaljning-av-dnp\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Tony Huge och Enhanced Athlete \u00e4r under utredning f\u00f6r “f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljning av DNP”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Exclusive:<\/span><\/strong> US bodybuilding star and an ex-conman are linked to UK sales of the toxic diet drug DNP following searches on premises in Cumbria<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Toxic drug: DNP is a fertiliser that heats up the body\u2019s metabolism and is not intended for human consumption. Photograph: Rex\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Exclusive:<\/span><\/strong> US bodybuilding star and an ex-conman are linked to UK sales of the toxic diet drug DNP following searches on premises in Cumbria<\/p>\n

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A series of raids in northern England has uncovered an operation suspected of selling a deadly fat-burning chemical used by bodybuilders that has killed eight young people in Britain in the last two years.<\/p>\n

Around 11 kilos of the chemical 2,4-dinitrophenol, known as DNP, was found last month at premises in Wigton, Cumbria, alongside other legal supplements and equipment that could be used for making tablets.<\/p>\n

The premises are believed to be used by a company called Enhanced Athlete Europe, set up by a flamboyant ex-lawyer turned bodybuilding star who calls himself Dr Huge and has his own YouTube channel on which he extols the virtues of \u201cthe world\u2019s most dangerous fat loss drug\u201d.<\/p>\n

DNP is a fertiliser that can be used in explosives<\/a>. Because it is not intended for human consumption, it is not regulated<\/a> by the drug licensing authority but by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The raid last month was led by their National Food Crime Unit.<\/p>\n

Three local authorities and Northumbria and Cumbria police also took part, along with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA). Other sites were searched too.<\/p>\n

The FSA says it is still trying to speak to \u201cthose identified and connected\u201d with the alleged DNP pill factory. In a statement, its chairman, Heather Hancock, said: \u201c<\/span><\/strong>DNP can and does kill. We are relentless in pursuing those seeking to profit from the illegal sale of this toxic substance for human consumption.<\/p>\n

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Chris Mapletoft from Twickenham was 18 when he died after taking the drug. Photograph: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe have been able to disrupt supply routes and close down websites. That stops people being put at risk from the severe harm that comes from consuming DNP.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It is believed that more than 60 people have died worldwide as a result of taking DNP, eight of them in Britain since 2015. They include Sarah Houston, 23<\/a>, a medical student at Leeds, Chris Mapletoft, 18<\/a>, from Twickenham who had just taken his A-levels and Eloise Parry, 21<\/a>, a student in Wales.<\/p>\n

The substance heats up the body\u2019s metabolism, burning fat, but it can cause drastic overheating. Its victims\u2019 organs literally cook inside the body. Once taken, there is no antidote.<\/p>\n

Enhanced Athlete is based in Sacramento, California, fronted by Charles Anthony Hughes (aka Dr Tony Huge) who is said to have given up his legal practice to run the business.<\/p>\n

On his YouTube channel, he openly discusses the use of DNP with other bodybuilders. Other videos flaunt his lifestyle, showing off a Ferrari costing in excess of $150,000 and lifting women over his head.<\/p>\n

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Eloise Parry, 21, died after an accidental overdose of the toxic diet pills. Photograph: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He runs the business with Scott Cavell, who was released from prison last year after serving time for mortgage fraud. Cavell was captured and deported from Ireland, where he had fled with a false passport and the proceeds of the fraud, turned into gold and coins. He resorted to drug dealing when it ran out.<\/p>\n

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The pair are listed as the original directors of Enhanced Athlete Europe, which was set up in Gateshead.<\/p>\n

On Enhanced Athlete\u2019s YouTube site, one of the staff in the US, Ryan Russo, told customers on 11 September that the Europe office \u201cgot raided\u201d. But he reassured them that their orders would be fulfilled. \u201cEveryone who ordered from Europe do not worry \u2013 the US will be taking over all those orders and getting them out to you.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs Europe done with? No. Europe will be back online within the next coming weeks but the real reason that they were down for maintenance is that they were raided,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The previous day, all customers were sent an email headed, \u201cFreedom is under Attack!\u201d.<\/p>\n

The email continued: \u201cEnhanced Athlete Europe was visited by the regulatory authorities last week. All inventories, machines, and computers were taken until the investigation is concluded. As a result of this Enhanced Athlete EU will be temporarily closed for approximately two months whilst all our products are tested to ensure they meet label claims and we have all appropriate licenses so we are 100% legit.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnhanced Athlete may have move to a more friendly European country as a result,\u201d it said. It is signed: \u201cStay Swell & Swole My Friends of Freedom, Tony Huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

For DNP orders, it directed customers to a website selling fertilisers, which shares the same US business address as Enhanced Athlete.<\/p>\n

In the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is understood to be collaborating with the UK agencies. Meanwhile, Enhanced Athlete is being sued in the California district court by an attorney, Rob Tauler, who has been pursuing supplement companies that promote potentially harmful substances for years.<\/p>\n

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Tauler, a Los Angeles attorney with Tauler-Smith LLP, is bringing the case under the federal false advertising law on behalf of a rival company called Nutrition Distribution, arguing that Enhanced Athlete is damaging sales and bringing the supplement industry into disrepute.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Supplement manufacturers and suppliers have a great deal of freedom within the law on the basis that they are selling products that occur in nature, he said. Some companies, however, are packaging dangerous substances as supplements and making millions before the FDA is alerted. \u201cThe problem from law enforcement is that there simply aren\u2019t resources to police niche marketplaces like bodybuilding,\u201d Tauler said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDNP is basically pesticide coming out of a smoke stack and these folks are ingesting it and losing weight because their body is trying to get rid of it. It is ingested poison.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem with the way the defendants in this case are marketing it, as if it is just a fun thing to do. Wow \u2013 we\u2019re experimenting with our bodies and that\u2019s so much fun. Well they\u2019re making money, they are laughing all the way to the bank,\u201d Tauler told the Guardian. \u201cThese guys are leaving all these casualties in their wake and the consumers have no idea. In fact they\u2019ve been brain-washed in the other direction. They think that anyone trying to stop this is somehow infringing on their freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cheryl Gillan, the constituency MP of Sarah Houston, who died, and who has lobbied for DNP to be classified as a category C drug, said: \u201cThis dangerous drug is still being made available illegally and the suppliers must be stopped. People should be aware that it has been the cause of many deaths, cutting off the lives of young people in their prime.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Guardian attempted to contact Hughes through his lawyer without success. Staff at Enhanced Athlete in the US said they did not sell DNP. In a court filing, the company denied Hughes had set it up and described him as a spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Cavell had not responded to requests for comment by the time of publication.<\/p>\n

K\u00e4lla: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2017\/oct\/13\/uk-raids-suspected-suppliers-of-deadly-diet-drug-dnp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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