Beware of Grill threats. We are not safe.

[HonestChieffan]

I pray this is not the fate of people on CP. Please be careful. Run a rare earth magnet over your meat.


(The Hill) — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has called on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review whether metal grill brushes are safe for consumer use, after reports that some metal bristles broke off the brush and were swallowed, sending two men to the hospital.

“Metal bristles are one topping no one wants on their burger this holiday season,” Schumer said Tuesday. “Grilling season should be a great time for the whole family, not a time to be worried about an emergency visit to the hospital.”

Schumer said men from New Jersey and Washington State were recently hospitalized after swallowing metal bristles that fell off their grill brushes. He said that reports indicate that similar incidents occurred nearly a dozen times over the last three years.

In a Monday letter to both agencies, Schumer called on both agencies to review the safety of these products, and to consider a product recall if necessary.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

Ah look, ah, while we're at it, all grills need to be natural gas. Ah, it's obvious, especially in our Southern states, that ah, charcoal is causing global warming. So I hereby decree that all grills sold in America will use good clean green Natural Gas. And will be taxed accordingly. Ah, I have said it, and ah, it shall be so.

Good point and steel toe boots should also be made mandatory, in the event one were to drop one of those nasty big BBQ forks, or a rouge steak bone on their foot.

[Saul Good]

I'll probably get flamed for this, but I'm a big propanent of this legislation. I think it's grate that our government is working to make us safer. I hope Chuck really rakes these brush manufacturers over the coals.

Butane the other hand, it does seem like a silly thing for him to steak his reputation on.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

I'll probably get flamed for this, but I'm a big propanent of this legislation. I think it's grate that our government is working to make us safer. I hope Chuck really rakes these brush manufacturers over the coals.

Butane the other hand, it does seem like a silly thing for him to steak his reputation on.

That was really well done. That kind of wit is rare around here.

[buddha]

Originally Posted by Bwana

Exactly and on that note, it tells me all I need to know about Sen. Chuck Schumer.

Schumer is an idiot, and idiots focus on stupid things.

[bevischief]

Originally Posted by buddha

Schumer is an idiot, and idiots focus on stupid things.

Ain't that for sure...

[boogblaster]

i'll never grill on a clean grill again .......

[HonestChieffan]

Maybe you could wire brush the meat then put it on the grill and be safe.

[FlaChief58]

This shit is insane, Americans everywhere are either unemployed or underemployed and just trying to figure out how to pay the bills from month to month and this is what the ****wads in D.C. deem important???

It's just more evidence of how out of touch the fat cats in the gov are. No wonder we're in the shape we're in

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by Flachief58

This shit is insane, Americans everywhere are either unemployed or underemployed and just trying to figure out how to pay the bills from month to month and this is what the ****wads in D.C. deem important???

It's just more evidence of how out of touch the fat cats in the gov are. No wonder we're in the shape we're in

Even worse, people are putting pink slime burgers on their wire bristle laden grills. We're not sure WHAT the **** is actually killing people!!

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

Even worse, people are putting pink slime burgers on their wire bristle laden grills. We're not sure WHAT the **** is actually killing people!!

The slime catches the bristles? It's all so clear to me now! Beef + slime + cheap wire brushes = DEATH!!!


WE MUST TAX!! /the government

[Ace Gunner]