'Boiling water challenge' sends eight people to the hospital with serious burns during polar vortex
The boiling water challenge involves people filling up a container with boiling hot water and then throwing it in the air outside
The latest viral trend to hit the Internet, the "boiling water challenge", is now the reason why eight people ended up in a hospital in Chicago with burns during the frigid polar vortex. Videos uploaded online of the challenge, which was inspired by the below zero temperatures during the extreme weather phenomenon, were posted all over social media last week and it went viral almost immediately.
There were some, however, who managed to end up with some serious burns on their bodies after unsuccessfully trying out the stunt. Loyola burn surgeon Dr. Arthur Sanford told The Chicago Sun-Times: "We strongly warn people to not perform the boiling water challenge. There is no safe way to do it."