The hot pepper linked to teen's death can cause arteries in the brain to spasm.

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[–] 63 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can almost guarantee it wasn't the chip itself that did anything, but some underlying condition the kid already had that was exasperated by the spice. Perhaps even an allergic reaction. The media is blowing up on this without even knowing the actual cause of death.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago

    Pretty fucken disgraceful if you ask me. Take a tragic accident, turn it into clickbait, and use it to drive traffic to your “news” site to get more eyes on your bullshit advertisements.

    God I fucking hate this planet.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, as a hardened chillihead I've done extensive reading on the fruits and no where is risk of death ever listed as an issue.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Dragon's Breath and other extremely spicy peppers are definitely labeled with warnings that they can cause severe anaphylaxis and death by choking.

    The media spins that a lot tho. The scientists that cultivated the Dragon Breath pepper and tested it on the scoleville scale gave it a typical boilerplate allergy warning; news spins that as "worlds hottest pepper is LETHAL."

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