Lauren Rice, the chief of pediatric emergency medicine at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, noting this is an opportunity for parents, coaches, teachers to learn about the various social media challenges out there that could pose dangers. "You can have very mild symptoms like burning or tingling of the lips in the mouth, but you can also have more severe symptoms," said Dr. Paramedics were called to a Minnesota school last year when seven students fell ill after taking part in the challenge. There have been reports from around the country of people who have gotten sick after taking part in the challenge, including three students from a California high school who were sent to a hospital. Other states across the country have seen hospitalizations due to the chip challenge, including teens." "The company warnings state the chips are intended for adult consumption. "We urge parents to discuss this with their children and advise them not to partake in this activity," Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early said in a series of posts about the challenge on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter. Some videos show people gagging, coughing and begging for water. Scores of people, including children, post videos of themselves unwrapping the packaging, eating the spicy chips and then reacting to the heat. "As a result, while the product continues to adhere to food safety standards, out of abundance of caution, we are actively working with retailers to remove the product from shelves."Īuthorities in Massachusetts also have responded by warning parents about the challenge, which is popular on social media sites such as TikTok. "We have seen an increase in teens and other individuals not heeding these warnings," the company said. Paqui, a subsidiary of The Hershey Company, said in a statement posted on its website Thursday that it was "deeply saddened by the death" of Wolobah. The package warns the chip is made for the "vengeful pleasure of intense heat and pain," is intended for adults and should be kept out of reach of children. The One Chip Challenge chip sells for about $10 and comes wrapped in a sealed foil pouch that is enclosed in a coffin-shaped cardboard box. A vigil for the teen is planned for Friday evening at a park in Worcester in central Massachusetts.
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