"Super Spicy Chips Hospitalize 14 Japanese Students"

TL;DR
Fourteen Japanese high school students were hospitalized after consuming "super spicy" potato chips known as "R 18+ Curry Chips," which contain ghost pepper. The chips, intended for adults due to their extreme spiciness, caused nausea and acute pain among the students. This incident highlights the risks associated with extremely spicy snack foods, which have become popular through social media challenges.
Topics:worldhealth-and-safety#ghost-pepper#health-and-safety#high-school-students#hospitalization#japan#spicy-foods
- Super spicy chips reportedly land 14 Japanese high school students in hospital CBS News
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- 15 Tokyo H.S. Students Complain of Lip Pain after Eating Spicy Potato Chips The Japan News
- 'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital The Japan Times
- ‘Super spicy’ potato crisps land 14 Japan high school students in hospital The Straits Times
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