Killer Biscuits Warning in the UK 英国警告公众饼干的杀伤力
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When we are warned about the dangers of food, it usually relates to food allergies or food poisoning. The image of killer biscuits has never quite come in to people’s minds.
Millions of people reach for a ’biccy’ whenever they pour a cup of tea and it seems that this simple action is an activity packed with hidden danger. Almost half of all Britons have been injured while eating a crunchy biscuit with their tea or coffee, according to figures released by a new survey.
The research conducted by Mindlab International shows a staggering 500 people each year need hospital treatment after a biscuit-related injury. And it’s estimated that millions of Brits have become cookie casualties at some point.
It also found that almost a third of adults said they had been splashed or scalded by hot drinks while dunking or trying to fish out the remnants of a collapsed digestive.
Is this a dangerous biscuit?
It also revealed that 28 percent had choked on crumbs, while one in ten had broken a tooth or filling biting a biscuit.
More unusually, three percent had poked themselves in the eye with a biscuit and seven percent bitten by a pet or other wild animal trying to get their biscuit. One man even ended up stuck in wet concrete after wading in to pick up a stray biscuit.
Mindlab International director David Lewis said: "We tested the physical properties of 15 most popular types of biscuits, along with aspects of their consumption such as ’dunkability’ 来源：考试大and crumb dispersal."
And the title of the most dangerous biscuit belongs to the humble custard cream. It poses the most risk to innocent dunkers with a Biscuit Injury Threat Evaluation, or B.I.T.E rating of 5.63. This compares考试大-全国最大教育类网站(www.Examda。com) to just 1.16 for soft and safe Jaffa Cakes.
Mike Driver, Marketing Director for biscuit makers Rocky, who commissioned the study, said: "Working with biscuits every day, we’d long suspected they’re not as innocent as they look, and we were right."
Glossary 词汇表
food allergies食品过敏
food poisoning 食物中毒
biccy (俚语)饼干
crunchy 脆脆的
staggering 令人吃惊的，难以置信的
biscuit-related injury 由饼干引起的伤病
cookie casualties 曲奇饼伤员们
splashed 被水溅到
scalded 被开水烫了
dunking 泡，浸
fish out 吊出来，钩起来
remnants 剩余的部分 collapsed digestive 已经瓦解，散开了的饼干
choked 呛着了，哽着了
crumbs 饼干渣
filling 补牙用的填充物
poked 戳，捅
wading in(形容在泥浆里或者沼泽地)费力的行走
dispersal 散布，传播
poses the most risk最有危险
