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 into 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.

food allergies 食品过敏

food poisoning 食物中毒

biccy (俚语)饼干，源于biscuit

crunchy (形容食物)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(digestive 是一种饼干，在这里不是消化的意思)。