The world’s biggest chemical industry is in China. For years, Chinese factories have also been a major producer of ingredients used to make fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that has contributed to thousands of deaths in the U.S. After a recent crackdown in China, WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/patricia-kowsmann?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Patricia Kowsmann</a> reports that some of those same factories are now entering a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/boys-peptides-stacks-looksmaxxing-trevor-larcom-835e58cd?mod=article_inline?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">new booming US market</a>: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/chinese-makers-of-fentanyl-ingredients-now-sell-bootleg-peptides-to-americans-c383160b?mod=author_content_page_1_pos_1?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">bootleg peptides</a>. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/imani-moise?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Imani Moise</a> hosts.

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