Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating Ramen noodles straight from the package without exposing to boiling water first. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Crunchy Ramen Noodle Salad - The Defined Dish - Recipes Quality and Public Health Concerns of Instant Noodles as Influenced by Raw Materials and Processing Technology: Food Reviews International: Vol 36, No 3 99. Drinking Soda Through Raw Pasta Straw — Risky or Not? How to eat Ramen like a boss : r/comics...
Nov 03, 2023•9 min•Ep 532•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a hotdog bun that has been printed with the expiration date on the bun instead of the package. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Mistadobalina - Wikipedia Who Was Mistadobalina, Mista Bob Dobalina, Anyway? The Use of Printing Inks for Food Packaging in the United States | 2021-02-26 | Food Safety Health Risks of Newspaper Ink when Used as Food Packaging Material HEALTH HAZARD EVALUATION DETERMINATION Report No. 77-69-...
Nov 01, 2023•19 min•Ep 531•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by the use of the red sanitizer bucket in food service. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 GOJO, maker of Purell, laying off staff; no longer for sale Is It Time to Change How We Clean and Sanitize Food Contact Surfaces with Reusable Wiping Towels? | Food Safety .) Chicopee 8507 Chix Competitive 11 1/2” x 24” Pink Foodservice Wet Wiper - 200/Case Characterizing Microbial Cross-Contamination on Large Surfaces Using a Tradit...
Oct 30, 2023•15 min•Ep 530•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by taking advice from a random stranger who rides past you on a bike trail and recommends that you eat a mushroom. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Foraging for “Gourmet Food That’s Lying Around for Free” Alongside Durham’s Fungi Devotees - INDY Week Why There Are No Old Bold Mushroom Hunters With His Handy New Guide to Mushrooms, Frank Hyman Wants to Make Foraging Accessible for Everyone - INDY Week Champignouf...
Oct 27, 2023•15 min•Ep 529•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating focaccia made on a counter where 8 cats have walked. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 All The Great Shows - The Story of John Roderick Focaccia - Wikipedia Toxoplasmosis - Wikipedia Full article: Animal Hoarding: Beyond the Crazy Cat Lady Effect of High Temperature on Infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii Tissue Cysts in Pork on JSTOR SciELO - Brazil - Techniques for inactivating Toxoplasma gondii oocysts: a systematic ...
Oct 25, 2023•21 min•Ep 528•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Hawaiian chili pepper water. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Who Needs Hot Sauce When You Have Hawaiian Chile Pepper Water? Hawaiian Chili Pepper Water Recipe - Chili Pepper Madness Authentic Hawaiian Chili Pepper Water Recipe — Snack Hawaii Accompaniments: Chutneys, Relishes, Pickles, Sambals, and Preserves - Kusuma Cooray - Google Books...
Oct 23, 2023•10 min•Ep 527•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking ginger shots made with raw unpeeled ginger. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Microbiological assessment of probioticated ginger‐based beverages | Emerald Insight Ginger Shots (Better Than Store-Bought) - Downshiftology Ginger Cultivation and Its Antimicrobial and Pharmacological Potentials - Google Books Survival of Salmonella during Drying of Fresh Ginger Root (Zingiber officinale) and Storage of Ground Ginger - S...
Oct 20, 2023•12 min•Ep 526•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meat from a moldy bun. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Patrick Quade on X: “@benjaminchapman @bugcounter Hey guys 👋this person tossed the bun & ate the rest (we asked, an economically motivated decision). The report attracted some ire &dismay from IWP followers. #Riskyornot https://t.co/1xKKT3sJq7” / X Jack in the Box Make You sick? What you need to know...
Oct 18, 2023•9 min•Ep 525•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from keeping your toothbrush less than 6 feet from your toilet. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Dentistry?? - Montgomery Dentistry toothbrush bathroom - Google Scholar Assessment of microbial contamination of toothbrush head: An in vitro study Karibasappa G N, Nagesh L, Sujatha B K - Indian J Dent Res Comparative study of bacteriological examination of daily use toothbrushes stored in the ...
Oct 16, 2023•15 min•Ep 524•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from uniform pants with pockets. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How does Kirk say “sabotage”? - YouTube Food Processing Uniforms - Food Safety Clothing Protecting the Food Supply from Intentional Adulteration, such as Acts of Terrorism | FDA FMI | In Defense of Food Wild Wild Country - Wikipedia HACCP Frock, No Pocket, Knit Cuff, White...
Oct 13, 2023•20 min•Ep 523•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating paw print sugar cookies made with an actual dog paw. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Cut Out Cookies Recipe - Paw Prints For A Fundraiser Thumbprint Cookies - Sugar Spun Run I can’t wait for the office potluck! People always ask me how I make the paw print sugar cookies so perfect! - iFunny...
Oct 11, 2023•9 min•Ep 522•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating bananas without washing the peal first. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Why You Should Wash Your Bananas Before Peeling Them | HuffPost Life Yes! We Have No Bananas - Wikipedia Betteridge’s law of headlines - Wikipedia banana - Risky or Not? Food Safety Talk 44: Stool Sampling Tools — Food Safety Talk...
Oct 09, 2023•12 min•Ep 521•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of refilling Sodastream canisters in a BSL2 lab using German hardware. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 FoodCoVNET | NC State Extension Biosafety Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4: What’s the Difference? co2-adapter.de – Sodastream Zylinder selbst nachfüllen Food-grade CO2: brief explanation | IKAROS SRL Carbon Dioxide Pipelines: Safety Issues Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Purity Grade Chart | CO2Meter.com Sodastream Bulk Fill Adapter...
Oct 06, 2023•19 min•Ep 520•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating mett, fresh from a butcher. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ haroldina on X: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman I interact with some Germans who are awfully excited about spreading raw pork on bread and calling it food. https://t.co/bKS6hM3SAB You did this with beef before, but is there some way to not risky just because “it’s fresh from a butcher”? https://t.co/tnuWlMPr5r” / X Mett - Wikipedia Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on micro...
Oct 04, 2023•12 min•Ep 519•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from attending 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Blue Ridge Rock Festival Attendees Plagued by Gastrointestinal Illness – Rolling Stone What’s Going on With Blue Ridge Rock Fest? Venue Responds 512. Attending Burning Man 2023 — Risky or Not? Insane Clown Posse - Wikipedia Blue Ridge Rock Festival...
Oct 02, 2023•16 min•Ep 518•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating vegetables grown in soil from an abandoned septic tank. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Always Be Closing - Glengarry Glen Ross (2/10) Movie CLIP (1992) HD - YouTube 506. Kids on Lawns Irrigated With Water Containing Pathogenic E. coli — Risky or Not? Jimmy Hoffa - Wikipedia R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Official Music Video) [British Version] - YouTube Night soil - Wikipedia Sources of Pathogenic Microorganisms and The...
Sep 29, 2023•17 min•Ep 517•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking horchata made from uncooked rice. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 National Horchata Day - September 24, 2023 - National Today Horchata - Wikipedia Horchata (Cinnamon Rice Milk) Recipe Sieve Chant | Wisconsin Badgers .) “How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?” | Know Your Meme Poisoning sends 38 Mexican kindergarteners to hospital | CNN Horchata | SpringerLink Thermal and non-thermal preservation techniques of tiger nuts’ bev...
Sep 27, 2023•17 min•Ep 516•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from foaming watermelon. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Patrick Quade on X: “@benjaminchapman @bugcounter👋 Foaming, exploding watermelons, could be a good risky or not? It’s blowing up on social media rn (had to). https://t.co/uc5J4jpfrP https://t.co/TBOSopy1e0” / X Why Are Watermelons Exploding or Foaming? Stephen Reiners | CALS Outbreaks Associated with Cantaloupe, Watermelon, and Honeydew in the United States, 1973–2011 ...
Sep 25, 2023•10 min•Ep 515•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a tomato off of a plant that grew from a seed that went through sewage treatment. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Marie on X: “@neorsd Okay I think this has to be asked @benjaminchapman @bugcounter I’m thinking the canonical question would be something like “eating a tomato off of a plant that grew from a seed that went through sewage treatment. #riskyornot ?” 💩 🍅” / X Internalization of Bacterial Pathogens in T...
Sep 22, 2023•13 min•Ep 514•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of soda from soda dispenser that just harbored 12 flies. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ OB Cycler on X: “@alextwenzel question for risky or not @bugcounter @benjaminchapman ?” / X Coca-Cola Freestyle Home Page Pests We Treat - Dirty Soda Machine Causes Causes Fruit Fly Infestation in Morganville, NJ Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Tiny little bugs Soda Gun Gets Infested with Fruit Flies - YouTube Surface Sanitation and Microbiological Food Qua...
Sep 20, 2023•13 min•Ep 513•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of attending Burning Man 2023. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Extremely online - Wikipedia Burning Man Burning Man - Wikipedia Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Fyre Festival - Wikipedia False claim Ebola outbreak reported at Burning Man | Fact check Burning Man 2023: Bay Area doctor urging attendees to wash off mud as soon as possible to avoid skin infections - ABC7 New York Hundreds of Tough Mudder racers infected by rugged, na...
Sep 18, 2023•15 min•Ep 512•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of travelling on a plane with diarrhea in the aisle for 2 hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Joe Rogan - Wikipedia Passengers onboard diarrhea plane share ordeal Delta Flight Emergency From Passenger’s Diarrhea: What Happened? Food Safety Talk 37: Inoculating the Plane — Food Safety Talk Where does A/C abbreviation for aircraft come from? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange Diarrhea and vomit seats: Why planes are e...
Sep 15, 2023•20 min•Ep 511•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking kombucha which is diluted gradually over time. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Kombucha, Kefir, Coconut Yogurt, Adaptogenic Tea SYNERGY Raw Kombucha | GT’s Living Foods
Sep 13, 2023•11 min•Ep 510•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by having nonalcoholic beer on tap. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Sage on X: “@OlympicTavern Risky or Not, @bugcounter @benjaminchapman?” / X Growth and Survival of Foodborne Pathogens in Beer - ScienceDirect Survival of Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria (Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, and Listeria monocytogenes) and Bacillus cereus Spores in Ferm...
Sep 11, 2023•16 min•Ep 509•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of microorganisms on watch wrist bands. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 What are the Scout Oath and Scout Law? | Boy Scouts of America Robot or Not | The Incomparable Wiki | Fandom Daring Fireball: Watch Bands Get Dirty, Headlines Get Clickbaity Prevalence and Disinfection of Bacteria Associated with Various Types of Wristbands Advances in Infectious Diseases Citefactor.org-Journal|Research Paper|Indexing|Impact factor List o...
Sep 08, 2023•17 min•Ep 508•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of mozzarella and Gouda cheese left in the rain for four hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Fresh Mozzarella Ball | Galbani Cheese Amazon.com: 365 by Whole Foods Market, Mozzarella Bar, 16 Ounce : Grocery & Gourmet Food Storage Temperatures Necessary to Maintain Cheese Safety - International Association for Food Protection...
Sep 06, 2023•11 min•Ep 507•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting your kids play on a lawn 24 hours after that lawn has been irrigated with water containing pathogenic E. coli Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Justin Ekins on X: “@benjaminchapman @bugcounter would it be #RiskyOrNot if my kids played on the lawn watered by this E. Coli contaminated water 24 hours after shutting off the sprinklers? https://t.co/5CKbLVELOd” / X More E. coli cases appear in Lehi; city taking steps to treat irrigat...
Sep 04, 2023•14 min•Ep 506•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing avocados in water in your refrigerator. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ (updated) Guacamole - Wikipedia Research Triangle Park | Where People + Ideas Converge neil chazin on X: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman is this actually risky at fridge temps (assuming your fridge is set properly)? https://t.co/J0dkvx3JnG” / X Avocado in Water Storage ‘Hack’ Isn’t Safe. Here’s What to Do Instead Internalization of Listeria monocytogen...
Sep 01, 2023•19 min•Ep 505•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by the avocado cutting machine known as the Autocado. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Lee Katz @lskatz@mstdn.science on X: “@benjaminchapman @bugcounter introducing the autocado, a new avocado cutting machine. #riskyornot? I feel like it would be risky unless there is a really good plan to clean it. Thinking of this FDA report too with all the contamination on the rinds. https://t.co/Fi0BDfDInv” / X Meet Chipotle’s New ...
Aug 30, 2023•12 min•Ep 504•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cracking an egg on your kids head. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 I know you have covered raw eggs many times on RoN - Twitter Search / X Egg crack😂 #eggcrack #eggprank #funny #baby #kid #kids #babies #fun #… | egg cracking prank | TikTok Risk Assessment for Salmonella Enteritidis in Eggs and Egg Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service...
Aug 28, 2023•9 min•Ep 503•Transcript available on Metacast 
