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Are You Ingesting your Wire Grill Brush Bristles?

February 23, 2015 · 1 Comment

File this under “stuff I didn’t know I needed to worry about”!  I was interviewed this week by NPR to get our reaction to a new study that found several cases of people accidentally ingesting the wire bristles from their grill brush.  The study says that there were 6 cases of accidental ingestion in one Rhode Island hospital alone between May 2009 and November 2010.  Patients complained of pain while swallowing and/or abdominal pain in each case.  So far, they are not sure how widespread the problem is, but prevention is as easy as wiping down the grill with a wet cloth after using your brush.  I know I will be wiping down the grill after each brushing from now on.  Here is a video explanation, read the entire story on NPR here:

 

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  1. Chuck Conkling says

    August 16, 2017 at 5:17 pm

    Second article I’ve read on this and, you’re right, the solution is simply to wipe the grill after brushing. My son owned a steak house for ten years and cooked all the meat on a charcoal grill in the restaurant. He taught me to always wipe the grates after brushing. My grates are cast iron so I normally spray with oil, brush and wipe with a white shop towel or a left over dish towel.

    By the way, love Grilling Companion! 🙂

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