The last thing you want to cook up with your burgers, sausages, and grilled eggplant is a medical emergency. But each year, more than 140 people visit hospital emergency departments because they ingest wire bristles from grill brushes that get into their food. A study in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery found that between 2002 and 2014, nearly 1700 people visited hospital emergency departments for injuries after they ate or ingested wire bristles. But, the researchers added, they think the numbers could be higher because their study only accounted for visits to emergency rooms. Read more... |