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‘Shell on Challenge’: The Viral Hoax Fooling Local News Into Thinking Teens Are Eating Plastic for Fun

‘JUST POKING FUN AT DUMB THINGS’

Move over, Tide Pods. Now parents are terrified that their kids are eating plastic and cardboard for Snapchat clout.

Will Sommer
Will Sommer 

Politics Reporter

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Will Sommer

Will Sommer

Politics Reporter

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William.Sommer@thedailybeast.com

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