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It's all fun and games until someone loses a mouth:

A new chilli sauce goes on sale today that is so hot it could KILL.

Ultra-concentrated “16 Million Reserve” is the hottest science can make.

The sauce is 30 times hotter than the spiciest pepper and 8,000 times more fiery than Tabasco.

Diners must sign a disclaimer recommending “protective gloves and eye wear” – but even sweating testers in safety gear were blinded by tears for 30 minutes.

Medical experts fear it could kill asthmatics or hospitalise a user who touches a sensitive part of the body afterwards.

It is made of pure capsaicin, the chemical that makes peppers “hot”. It takes tons of peppers to make 1lb of capsaicin.

Reserve scores 16 million units, while a Red Savina, the world's spiciest pepper, measures just 570,000.

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By the way, if you wonder why we present these consumer bulletins, it's mostly because we're sick individuals. But there is also a larger point, which can be found in John Paul the Great's Centesimus Annus and his concerns about consumerism.