Teens - Salt and Ice Challenge

A new teen fad called "the salt and ice challenge" is drawing crowds on social networking sites and YouTube. However, like other teen "challenges," it has proven to be dangerous, and health care experts are telling parents to talk to their kids about the risks.

In Pittsburgh, a 12-year-old boy will spend the summer recovering as a result of having a large cross burned into his back by his twin brother and a pal as part of this newest challenge.

For the challenge, tweens and teens put salt on their skin and then press ice into it to see who can tolerate the pain the longest. The longer the ice is pressed into the salt, the more serious the injury. When ice is mixed with salt the temperature drops to -17, and exposing skin and bones to this temperature is really painful. If this is done for an extended period of time, it has the potential to badly burn the skin and rupture the bones.

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