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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] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're going to follow him around for the next nine years making sure he doesn't do any daft teenage things?

Good luck with that.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's still not the company's fault then. If they cut themselves handling knives, is it the knives manufacturers fault?

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