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Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods (arstechnica.com)
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Harris Wolobah, a healthy 14-year-old from Worcester, Massachusetts, tragically died last Friday, hours after eating a single ultra-spicy tortilla chip seasoned with two of the hottest peppers in the world.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I haven't dove too deep on the subject but iirc dying from capsaicin is so rare that it's most likely caused by an underlying health problem - which the one chip challenge clearly says "do not eat this if you have health complications". One death out of the millions of eaten chips clearly shows this was an anomaly.