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

  • porkins@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    To be clear, the chip uses crushed powder from two super spicy chilies and contain no extract. It is still 5 times less than what is considered the lethal limit. I doubt it would be legal to sell anything at the lethal limit because it would be considered a poison. If 1 in a billion dies from a dose of something, the lethal limit doesn’t change. They are an outlier.

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        1 year ago

        There are studies that put that number anywhere between .5-13g our capsaicin for a 150lb person where pure capsaicin is 15 million Scoville. The chip challenge is not pure capsaicin and is 1.7 million Scoville.

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          1 year ago

          So is the lethal limit you are referencing the LD50? If you link the studies I can look into it a bit. If you are making the case that this is all safe and normal then why was the kid going to die from drinking bleach otherwise?