Harris Wolobah, a 14-year-old high-schooler, died after eating a chip that snack food company Paqui markets as the “One Chip Challenge,” his family said.
Wolobah and her husband are blaming the chip for their son’s death and pushing for the product to be banned, they told the TV station. The state medical examiner is investigating the boy’s death and, while his autopsy has been completed, the office does not expect to determine a cause of death for weeks, Tim McGuirk, spokesperson for the state executive office of public safety and security, told The Washington Post in an email.
But earlier Wednesday, the company removed language challenging people to hold off as long as possible after consuming the chip before eating or drinking anything to relieve the burning. The page had asked “How long can you last before you spiral out?” and provided a ranking system ranging from one minute for those who are “harmless” up to an hour, which was reserved for an “apex predator.”Later on Wednesday, options to buy the chip online and locate stores that sold them had disappeared.
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