The chip company's homepage includes a label warning people with the following conditions not to eat the spicy chip: Some videos have upwards of 200,000 likes. Videos posted to TikTok show young people and adults unwrapping the single triangle-shaped corn chip, which is covered in a layer of pepper, and challenging themselves to eat it. In recent years, the brand Paqui has sold individually wrapped corn chips made with hot peppers and advertised the #OneChipChallenge, daring consumers to try to eat the chip and to see how long they can keep from eating or drinking anything else afterwards. The suit also argued TikTok failed to prevent children under age 13 from using the app, despite having user terms purporting to limit use to those 13 and older. One lawsuit argued the platform showcased videos involving blackout challenges in prominent places on the app where users could watch the videos without having to search for them beforehand. The following year, parents in Wisconsin and Texas sued the social media platform over the deaths. In 2021, children began dying after participating in TikTok "blackout" challenges after losing consciousness from lack of oxygen. Social media videos created and watched by young people have in recent years turned deadly, after the stunts involved consuming items not meant for consumption or pushing the human body to physical limits. TikTok challenges turn deadly in recent years Paqui chips can be purchased at gas stations, drug stores and some food retailers, according to the company website's store locator. “We are deeply saddened by the news report and express our condolences to the family," Kim Metcalfe, the spokesperson, said. The "One Chip Challenge" involves eating a corn chip sprinkled with a layer of Carolina Reaper pepper and Naga Viper pepper, according to Paqui, LLC, the company that makes the corn chips and advertises the "One Chip Challenge." The chip manufacturer's website states the peppers are considered some of the spiciest, adding a warning that they should be kept out of the reach of children and are "intended for adult consumption."Ī spokesperson for Paqui, LLC, based in Austin, Texas, expressed sorrow for the Wolobah family's loss on Wednesday and said it would be "inappropriate" for the chip company to speculate about the teen's death. He was an intelligent, quirky and incredibly talented young man." "Harris was a light that lit up the room with his presence and subtle charm. "The pain our family is experiencing is unimaginable," the GoFundMe post states. Wolobah will be laid "to rest" in the coming weeks, his family said in the post. "It is with a heavy heart I share that we lost a rising star, Harris Wolobah, who was a sophomore scholar at Doherty Memorial High School," Superintendent Rachel Monárrez said in a statement. Wolobah's school district confirmed the teen's death in a statement on its website. The teen's sister, Aqualla Wolobah, declined to comment to USA TODAY when reached on Tuesday. In a GoFundMe post, Wolobah's family said the 14-year-old died "unexpectedly" from "what we suspect to be complications due to the 'one chip challenge.'" The post also says an autopsy is pending.
A medical examiner is investigating the cause of death. Harris Wolobah was pronounced dead Friday at a local hospital after first responders found him unresponsive and not breathing at a home in west Worcester, Worcester Police Lt. − A Massachusetts teenager is dead after partaking in a popular social media challenge consuming a hot pepper chip, his family says.
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