Experts are warning people to clean their grills and chew their food with caution in light of potentially life threatening medical emergencies that have occurred after people inadvertently swallowed errant bristles stuck in their food.

Grilling is a popular summertime activity, but one common tool used to do it could endanger people’s health. 

Some bristles from grill brushes have been left on the surface after cleaning, and inadvertently swallowed with the food being cooked. 

This is what happened to a Connecticut woman recently when her stomach pain resulted in emergency surgery to remove a metal piece from her intestine. 

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