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Checkup: A Cautionary Tale of Summer Barbeques

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Air date: May 27, 2012

Host: Eric Metcalf

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Grill cleaning is an important component of participating in any summer barbeques at the risk of hurting one of your loved ones. In several different documented incidents patients have experienced throat and belly pain following eating grilled food. X-ray tests revealed that these patients had small pieces of wire bristle from a wire grill brush embedded in hard to examine area of their throats.

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