Student's Attempt At One-Chip Challenge Prompts Warning To Parents

DUNWOODY, GA — The Dunwoody Police Department is warning parents of the one-chip challenge circulating on social media after a high-school student needed medical treatment Monday afternoon.

Officers and members of the DeKalb County Fire and Rescue Department responded around 1 p.m. to Dunwoody High School, tending to a student that accepted the one-chip challenge.

It is unknown what happened to cause the student to need medical treatment.

"According to medical professionals, 'the challenge can cause serious side effects including severe coughing, asthma, serious burning of the eyes and mouth and vomiting.' It can also result in 'more serious health problems, esophageal damage, chest pain, heart palpitations and even heart attacks,'" police said in a news release.

Officers asked parents to learn more about the one-chip challenge and talk with their children on why they should not do the challenge.

"Let's all work together to make sure this is the last reported injury due to a social media challenge," police said in the release.