Happy Memorial Day, everyone! If you’re grilling today, there’s one tool you might want to be careful with. Read on to learn more. Hot dogs and hamburgers are Memorial Day staples, but if you or ...
While it is rare, wire-bristle grill brushes can pose life-threatening risks. One of the biggest dangers of using wire-bristle grill brushes is that loose bristles can stick to grilled food and, if ...
Rhode Island Hospital reported 12 people swallowed brush bristles stuck in food. July 5, 2012— -- Few things taste better at the end of a summer day than a juicy burger or steak hot off the grill ...
Internal injuries from ingestion of wire grill-cleaning bristles are well documented. In a single hospital system, 12 patients with injuries due to ingestion of wire bristles were reported between ...
Dr. Jonas Mansson doesn’t want to put a damper on grilling food, but he’s seen damage that metal or wire bristles from grill brushes can cause. Holes to stomachs and intestines. Cuts to tongues and ...
An emergency department doctor has issued a warning to parents about a common barbecue tool after she saw a four-year-old boy suffer a life-threatening injury caused by one. The American doctor, known ...
ALBANY — Two years ago, a 4-year-old boy in Florida was eating a hamburger hot off the grill when he was jabbed by a sharp pain in his ear that confounded doctors for 10 days. The surprising source of ...
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - When you clean off that grill the wire bristles could be more dangers to health than slightly undercooked food. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention control has been ...
There's nothing like the scent of charred meat wafting over your neighbor's fence to get you in the mood for summer. But alas, grilling is not without its dangers. If E. coli and carcinogens in meat ...