On the eve of the
Fourth of July, the government has identified yet another way summer fun can hurt
you.
Aside
from fireworks injuries, boating accidents and skin cancer, now you have to
worry about how you clean your grill.
Wire
bristles from grill-cleaning brushes are breaking off, getting cooked into
people’s burgers or steaks and getting swallowed, causing all kinds of
problems, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
The
study of a single hospital in Providence, R.I., found six cases from March 2011
to June of this year of people digesting wires. Five of the six injured were
men, and all six had just eaten grilled meat when they complained of intense
pain.
Injuries
ranged from punctures in the neck to perforation of the gastrointestinal tract,
requiring emergency surgery.
The
authors, all doctors at Brown University’s Warren Alpert School of Medicine,
urged grillers to carefully examine their grills for bristles before they start
cooking.
“Awareness
among the public, manufacturers who make wire grill-cleaning brushes, and
retailers who sell these products can reduce exposures and decrease the
likelihood of further occurrences,” they write.
The
report called for further study of grill-cleaning brushes and how bristles can
become embedded in different types of meat.
Of
course, not keeping the grill clean is a recipe for all sorts of other
problems.
Built-up
gunk can flare up dangerously, raising the risk of a bigger fire, an important
concern this year, especially, as record-smashing wildfires sweep several
Western states. Here are some tips to help keep your house from becoming
kindling.
And
as Reader’s Digest has noted, scrubbing the grill is one way to minimize the
risk of carcinogens from grilling meats. Minding the heat, smoke and flames —
as WSJ reported in 2009 — can also help cut the cancer risk.
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