This observation, borne of accidental exposure, would eventually spur one of the first weight loss drug crazes — long before Ozempic and Mounjaro. Unlike hundreds of other purported weight loss drugs on the market at the time — from dangerous Jad Salts to Marmola (a “thyroid substance”) — DNP actually worked. Ozempic and the other GLP-1s now offer similar or better weight loss results for less risk. A century or so on from the industrial accidents that killed workers like Georges, and the first weight loss craze, we may finally be learning how to tame these molecules. “The First Weight Loss Drugs.” Asimov Press (2025).