It Could Happen To You: Thanksgiving Cooking Fails To Avoid

Mercury Poison

There have been incidents where people have used a regular glass people thermometer to check the temperature of the turkey. The only problem is that people thermometers are only made to go up to about 110 degrees F. The thermometer is inserted and the glass breaks, leaving glass shards and mercury all over the turkey. A word of advice: only use a meat thermometer to check the temperature of the turkey.