Minnesota teen’s burger hides a grill-bristle, prompting emergency surgery
TL;DR
During a Memorial Day barbecue in Stillwater, Minnesota, a teen unknowingly swallowed a metal grill-bristle buried in a burger. A week later it punctured his intestine, forcing emergency bowel surgery via a six-inch abdominal incision, as recalls of millions of metal grill brushes for ingestion hazards highlight the danger.
- Minnesota teen loses part of bowel after consuming grill brush bristle stuck inside burger: ‘So much pain’ New York Post
- Teen has emergency surgery after unknowingly swallowing wire bristle during backyard barbecue news8000.com
- Minnesota Teen Needed Emergency Surgery After Eating Burger and Swallowing Metal Grill Brush Bristle People.com
- Conair Recalls Over One Million Cuisinart Grill Brushes Due to Ingestion Hazard U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (.gov)
- Nearly 2 million grill brushes recalled ABC27
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