Posted on 06/06/2015 8:13:05 AM PDT by PROCON
A child in Kentucky died after he swallowed and choked on cinnamon powder on June 3.
The boy's mother, Brianna Radar, told reporters how her 4-year-old son, Matthew, had been climbing around their familys kitchen and was able to get hold of some cinnamon powder before eating it and breathing it in.
He started choking, the mother said. It was like he was having a seizure and just collapsed.
The 4-year-old was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead after an hour and a half.
According to the coroner, he had choked on the cinnamon when he inhaled it.
This death comes at the heels of a popular online trend called the "cinnamon challenge where participants film themselves eating spoonfuls of the powder, resulting in many of them choking.
According to the LA Times, poison control centers all over the country took hundreds of calls regarding the cinnamon challenge in the first few months of 2012.
Radar hopes her sons death serves as a warning to people about the dangers of cinnamon.
To let people know cinnamon can kill, she said. All these kids do the cinnamon challenge. They dont think about the fact it can hurt them.
Her sons organs have been donated.
Fixed it.
Thanks. I'm here all week.
Sad story, but let's be real here.
Any finely ground powder can be inhaled and cause asphyxiation. Baby powder for instance. Ban all powdery substances.
People can be allergic to anything.
Obama’s Fruit Loop bathing friend was the first one I saw take the Cinnamon challenge.
Anything to much eaten or drank can kill, even water
LOL.
There should be warning labels on water bottles...childproof caps even.../s
This has nothing to do with allergy. You try eating a small amount like an 1/8 tsp full of cinnamon and see what happens
Who’s fault would it have been if the child choked on a spoonful of Comet or dish washing powder? I bet that stuff is easier to get at than the cinnamon.
Just watch, some Nanny state politician will come up with the idea to redesign the caps on Cinnamon containers to limit how much can be dispensed.
Don’t laugh, they did it with gasoline containers.
yup think your right that spice is a super fine substance.dot use it much but recall coughing each time I did.probably better to use stick and grate yer own
It will probably start in Connecticut....these holes don’t seem to care about real problems......just turning everyday life scenarios into problems.
Like gender neutral rest rooms to accommodate all the mentally ill trannys out there(like there a solo many) and clothing bins in parking lots,yup thats what they just finished dealing with.
Stupido.
That is awesome!
Next up: the "rat poison challenge."
You can't fix stupid.
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