{"id":2245995,"date":"2024-05-16T13:41:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teenagers-death-due-to-spicy-chip-social-media-challenge-autopsy-says\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:45:24","slug":"teenagers-death-due-to-spicy-chip-social-media-challenge-autopsy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teenagers-death-due-to-spicy-chip-social-media-challenge-autopsy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Autopsy reveals teenager&#8217;s death from spicy chip challenge on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteenagers-death-due-to-spicy-chip-social-media-challenge-autopsy-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245995&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A 14-year-old teen passed away after consuming \u200ba\u2064 super spicy chip in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> \u200dchallenge.\u200b Harris Wolobah, a 10th grader from \u2062Massachusetts, died on \u2062Sept. 1, 2023. The chip, part of the &#8220;One Chip Challenge,&#8221; contained a high \u2064level of chili pepper \u2062extract. Autopsy results linked his death to \u200dthe extreme snack. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-protesters-blocking-roads-extremists-harassing-others-at-colleges-not-tolerated-in-florida\/\" title=\"DeSantis: Florida Does Not Tolerate Road Blockades or Campus Harassment\">provided summary effectively captures<\/a> the key details of the incident involving \u2062Harris Wolobah&#8217;s tragic death due to the consumption\u2062 of a super spicy\u2063 chip in a social \u2062media challenge. It succinctly \u200cconveys the essential\u2062 information for readers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A 14-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>died<\/a> last year from ingesting a chip with a high spice factor as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>social media<\/a> challenge, according to an autopsy obtained in a report.<\/p>\n<p>Harris Wolobah, a 10th grader from Worcester, Massachusetts, died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating a Paqui tortilla chip with a high amount of chili pepper extract, according to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/paqui-spicy-chip-challenge-death-autopsy-f81c220c549ec497bcc626dec4fc2be4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Associated Press<\/a><\/em>. The chip was sold as part of a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poison.org\/articles\/is-the-one-chip-challenge-dangerous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>One Chip Challenge<\/a>\u201d on social media, in which the consumer eats the chip and does not resort to drinking water or milk to combat the pain.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge was popular online and is similar to the YouTube show <em>Hot Ones<\/em>, in which celebrities such as Tom Holland, Jennifer Lawrence, and Billie Eilish eat spicy hot wings while answering questions about their career.<\/p>\n<p>Eating a chip with such a high concentration of capsaicin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poison.org\/articles\/is-the-one-chip-challenge-dangerous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to the National Capital Poison Center<\/a>, can cause \u201ctrouble breathing, esophageal damage, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-president-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-gives-update-on-covid-19-infection\/\" title=\"Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives update on COVID-19 infection\">heart problems<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cause of Wolobah\u2019s death was \u201ccardiopulmonary arrest,\u201d according to the report, and the teenager had an enlarged heart and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-calls-down-syndrome-a-severe-birth-defect-blasted-by-parents-of-special-needs-children\/\" title=\"WHO Calls Down Syndrome A \u2018Severe Birth Defect,\u2019 Blasted By Parents Of Special Needs Children\">congenital heart defect<\/a> before attempting the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Well-known people who have partaken in the \u201cOne Chip Challenge\u201d include Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2021\/12\/27\/aoc-takes-the-one-chip-challenge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article257559898.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/a>, and others.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paqui <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/09\/08\/1198369305\/maker-one-chip-challenge-pulls-product-from-stores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pulled the chip from shelves<\/a> shortly after Wolobah died last year in response to concerns about how such a spicy chip could affect someone\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Paqui <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cspdailynews.com\/snacks-candy\/paqui-one-chip-challenge-returns-5th-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sold a combination of Carolina Reaper and Scorpion Pepper<\/a> tortilla chips and called it \u201cthe deadliest spice combination yet that will humble even the toughest of participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, 14-year-old Harris Wolobah from Worcester, Massachusetts, tragically passed away on Sept. 1, 2023. The cause was consuming a high-spice Paqui tortilla chip as part of a social media dare. Autopsy findings linked his death to the spicy challenge, highlighting the dangers of such reckless trends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3042,"featured_media":2245996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24137526570723.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24137526570723.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}