Glutathione drips, Plant theft, Rogue builders
Consumers are exposing themselves to potential health risks through the use of skin-lightening IV drips at hundreds of clinic across the UK. And why is plant theft is on the rise?
In today's You and Yours, there's a warning about a skin-lightening procedure being promoted on social media and administered in an unregulated beauty sector with potential health risks.
Plus there are signs that plant theft is on the rise - from parks, from garden centres and from gardens. We'll hear why it's happening and which plants in particular are being plucked.
And a new report from the Federation of Master Builders has found that 37 percent of people have hired a builder who turned out to be unreliable or unqualified. When things go wrong, what are your options? We hear how currently those options are limited - but there are growing calls for a regulatory system to change all that.
Presenter: Shari Vahl
Producer: Catherine Earlam
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