Family believes Worcester teen died from 'complications' after participating in viral 'One Chip Challenge'
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The cause of 14-year-old Harris Wolobah's death is not confirmed, but he reportedly ate the super-spicy chip and got sick the day he died.

Dear god and to think Lena was going to eat a second one of these!

  • SadSadSatellite@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    1 year ago

    Zero chance the chip killed him.

    Spicy foods don’t actually burn you, they just ‘taste’ like burning. That’s why holding a pepper doesn’t hurt your hand.

    Spiciness hurts in two places, your mouth and ass. Both of which have taste buds that the molecule interacts with. It’s not corrosive.

    Even the clickbaity description in the article of the dangers of capsaicin state that the potential esophageal damage is from vomiting, not the chemical.

    Barring any allergies or heart problems, the chip didn’t do it.