Again, a viral challenge on TikTok ended in a death in the United States. This time, a Teen died for eat the spiciest nacho of the world.
The young man of 14 years carried out the “One chip challenge”, where participants try to eat this snack made from two of the hottest chili peppers that exist. The young man’s mother stated that The nacho, brand “Paqui” was given to him by a classmate at school and soon his stomach began to hurt.
After sleeping for a while at home, His brother found him unconscious and, despite receiving immediate medical assistance, he died in the hospital. The challenge of TikTok It consists of recording the reaction of the moment when you eat the spicy chip and then not drinking water or eating to calm the effect, which can last for 20 minutes.
The company that sells these nachos, It is customary every year to release a “spicier” one. than the previous one. The product, which comes in a coffin-shaped packaging, even carries the slogan “One chip challenge.”
Concern over a new and very dangerous TikTok challenge
As specified in the video, the new challenge is called “the borax challenge” and consists of drink a cleaning product. The product known as borax is an important boron compound. It is a soft white crystal that dissolves in water and It is widely used in detergents, fabric softeners, soaps, disinfectants and pesticides.
The most worrying thing about the challenge is that this compound is well known and used in the United States, but not because of its efficiency in cleaning, but because of an unusual mixture. As some young people pointed outif this white powder of this detergent is added to smoothies or coffee You would be fighting the symptoms of arthritis, lupus or other health problems. A real madness.
For this reason, and given the strong viralization of this content, Dr. Kelly Johnson-Arbor, medical toxicologist and co-director of the National Capital Poison Center, came out to deny the information in The New York Post.
Borax is actually a poisonous compound and should never be eaten. “Borax consumption was recently popularized on TikTok as a way to treat inflammation, but there is no evidence that swallowing borax has any benefits for human health,” the professional explained.
Likewise, specialists add that “borax toxicity can also cause headache, hypothermia, restlessness, fatigue.kidney damage, dermatitis, alopecia, anorexia and indigestion”. For its part, in babies, “the high consumption of borax has caused anemia, seizures, erythema and thin hair.”
Source: Ambito
