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Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by scoot »

tombrossman wrote: post #223
eps wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ahem. The "many countries" is just US, NZ and Australia (not UK). The rest of the world still trusts their citizens not to eat stuff that's not good for them.

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Probably worth finding a more reputable supplier. Mine come packaged inside a specially designed large EPS container that put enough distance between the magnets and the outer carton to not cause problems in shipping or storage.

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by woliveirajr »

This thread caught my attention because I never heard of similar things here in Brazil (at least not in the south, where BBQ is a basic need)

Reasons:

1 - we use lifts (?): like this one [1]

2 - people, in general, clean the grill using some rough paper while the grill is still hot, then wash it with some sponge, water and soap.

Hardly something that has metal (like brass or steel brush) is used, since they affect the grill surface with small scratches that will accumulate more fat next time,in an endless loop.

[1] http://www.gudim.com.br/produtos/espeto_duplo.png

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by shultays »

genkimind wrote: post #39

This is a real problem. My wife had been having extreme stomach pain for months, multiple trips to the emergency room, gastroenterologist, nothing could be found. She described that she felt that there was a hole in her stomach, the doctors called it stress. On her final ER visit (two months after the pain began), something showed up in the CT scan (the 3rd one). Embedded in her belly fat was a wire. Everything click…

Isn't a metal wire highly visible in x-ray? How doctors miss that?

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by Liblor »

mschuster91 wrote: post #195
kasparsklavins wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Blowing fire as well?

Can't imagine that would be legal. The flame liquids are either toxic and mustn't be swallowed, or they're very high strength alcohol. Also, you have a significant fire risk with blowing fire - a friend once set a pub counter ablaze...

There is also the possibility to use cornstarch, flour or other powders for fire breathing. This should be safe, you shouldn't inhale the powder though.

I did it once, when I was around 12 years old. It looks a little less cool than with fluids, but it was still an awesome experience.

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by zentiggr »

jonathanstrange wrote: post #211
jtolmar wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you throw a balloon animal into a ceiling fan, it's pretty funny. (When I was very young we had a family friend who was a clown, and we visited his house once. This is everything I learned.)

For added effect, put the fan on the floor and paint inside the balloon.

Then sell the carpet for hundreds!

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Post by tartuffe78 »

Grangar wrote: post #207
icantdrive55 wrote: post #185

I hate to add to the wire brush worry, but it's not just BBQ. So many resturants use wire brushes. The last burrito I had was a few months ago. It had piece of wire in it. I kept the wire for a few days, and thought about it. The wire was not from a brush. I think it was old copper telephone wire. It that might have fell onto the grill from the ceiling, or wall? Anyways, I haven't had a burrito since that instance. A…

Wow, I'm feeling pretty paranoid now.

Don't worry too much about this, there are a dozen other things you don't know about that get close to killing you every day ;)

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by kaffeinecoma »

Paranoid patient question: when one goes for an MRI, is there any kind of scan for foreign metal objects? I'm sure they ask if you have any devices implanted, but do they actually check for the unexpected? What would happen if you had one of these little bristles and you didn't know it?

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by mhb »

tombrossman wrote: post #223
eps wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ahem. The "many countries" is just US, NZ and Australia (not UK). The rest of the world still trusts their citizens not to eat stuff that's not good for them.

Confirmed not banned in the UK, here's some for sale right now on Amazon's UK site: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bargain-Neodymium-Strong-Magnets-Mo... I have ordered rare earth magnets several times and it's always interesting to inspect the packaging when they show up. Clearly there are a lot of metal parts in Royal Mail's sorting machines as they frequently arrive in an absolutely tattered padded envelope, usually wit…

If you can find some N52 grade magnets it's worth ordering them just for the novelty value

This 1013 lb pull N52 magnet could also be entertaining. Maybe also useful for checking grilled meat for metallic objects.

https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=BZX0Z0Y0-N52...

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Post by thesimon »

kaffeinecoma wrote: post #238

Paranoid patient question: when one goes for an MRI, is there any kind of scan for foreign metal objects? I'm sure they ask if you have any devices implanted, but do they actually check for the unexpected? What would happen if you had one of these little bristles and you didn't know it?

>when one goes for an MRI, is there any kind of scan for foreign metal objects?

No.

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