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Pepped-up: the secret world of peptides

The Slow Newscast by Alice Sandelson

Jun 16, 202643:32News & Politics

Ordinary people are turning to illegally produced peptides in the hopes of a beauty quick fix. How are these shady black market drugs slipping through the regulatory gaps? Reporters: Stephen Armstrong and Madeleine Parr...

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Pepped-up: the secret world of peptides is an episode from The Slow Newscast by Alice Sandelson. Ordinary people are turning to illegally produced peptides in the hopes of a beauty quick fix. How are these shady black market drugs slipping...

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Published Jun 16, 2026, 43:32 long, audio available.

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