Dangerous Biscuits 危险的饼干
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_1555813/bbc_tae_229_dangerous_biscuits_au_bb.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]When we are warned about the dangers of food, it usually relates to [b]food allergies[/b] or [b]food poisoning[/b]. The image of killer biscuits has never quite come in to people's minds.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Millions of people reach for a [b]'biccy'[/b] 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 [b]crunchy[/b] biscuit with their tea or coffee, according to figures released by a new survey.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The research conducted by Mindlab International shows a [b]staggering[/b]500 people each year need hospital treatment after a [b]biscuit-related injury[/b]. And it’s estimated that millions of Brits have become [b]cookie casualties[/b] at some point.[/p][p=21, 2, left]It also found that almost a third of adults said they had been [b]splashed[/b] or[b]scalded[/b] by hot drinks while [b]dunking[/b] or trying to [b]fish out[/b] the [b]remnants[/b] of a [b]collapsed digestive[/b].[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2009-09-10/78bb31e52cf9ba1b2283d7946ce01f70.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]Is this a dangerous biscuit?[/p][/float]
[p=21, 2, left]It also revealed that 28 percent had [b]choked[/b] on [b]crumbs[/b], while one in ten had broken a tooth or [b]filling[/b]biting a biscuit.[/p][p=21, 2, left]More unusually, three percent had[b]poked[/b] 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 [b]wading in[/b] to pick up a stray biscuit.[/p][p=21, 2, left]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' and crumb [b]dispersal[/b]."[/p][p=21, 2, left]And the title of the most dangerous biscuit belongs to the humble custard cream. It [b]poses the most risk[/b] to innocent dunkers with a Biscuit Injury Threat Evaluation, or B.I.T.E rating of 5.63. This compares to just 1.16 for soft and safe Jaffa Cakes.[/p][p=21, 2, left]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."[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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