Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by accidentally eating some seeds or sprouts from a Chia Pet. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 FAQ - Chia.com Chia Home - Chia.com Ice Spice Chia Pet - Chia.com Chia seed benefits: What you need to know - Harvard Health ISGA – International Sprout Growers Association International outbreak of multiple Salmonella serotype infections linked to sprouted chia seed powder – USA and Canada, 2013–2014 | Epidemiology & Infection...
Feb 07, 2025•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks that Ben faced when eating raw milk gouda cheese in an unregulated Brazilian facility. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Food Safety Talk NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission Agricultural Leadership Development Program | NC State Extension Gouda Recipe | Cheese Maker Recipes | Cheese Making Supply Enumeration of Escherichia coli O157 in Outbreak-Associated Gouda Cheese Made with Raw Milk - ScienceDirect Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Inf...
Feb 05, 2025•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using using stale bread to keep brown sugar moist. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Brown Sugar Saver | King Arthur Baking Company The Pioneer Woman Terracotta Sugar Saver at Walmart - Where to Buy Ree Drummond’s Brown Sugar Savers How to Soften Brown Sugar | Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods...
Feb 03, 2025•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not pre-washing raw meat dishes and placing them directly in the dishwasher. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Cardiff Metropolitan University - Study in Cardiff method to evaluate factors influencing the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic FSIS Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix A) December, 2021 Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann...
Jan 31, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from sunny side up egg from a bird infected with bird flu. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 SHensley: “@benjaminchapman.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social Georgia is like 15% of the US poultry production. Eggs sunny side up from a chicken with bird flu #riskyornot? www.wjcl.com/article/geor…” — Bluesky Full article: Heat inactivation of avian influenza and Newcastle disease viruses in egg products The Impact of Holding Time o...
Jan 29, 2025•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of workers landfilling ground up highly pathogenic avian influenza infected chickens without personal protective equipment. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ TWiV 1178: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin — This Week in Virology — Overcast CDC Interim Guidance for Landfill Workers in the United States Disposing of Poultry Carcasses During Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza NJ Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) “Bird F...
Jan 27, 2025•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from licking Cheetos dust off your fingers. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Home | Cheetos Hands Are Frequently Contaminated with Fecal Bacteria and Enteric Pathogens Globally: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | ACS Environmental Au
Jan 24, 2025•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from occasionally eating icicles off your roof. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 What Are Roof Shingles? (2025) | Today’s Homeowner Quality of roof-harvested rainwater – Comparison of different roofing materials - ScienceDirect A global review of the microbiological quality and potential health risks associated with roof-harvested rainwater tanks | npj Clean Water Microbiological Quality of Roof‐Harvested Rainwater and Health ...
Jan 22, 2025•20 min•Ep 723•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating baby poop regularly. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ (3) Gregory Koch: “Eating baby poop - Risky or Not? @bugcounter.bsky.social @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social” — Bluesky Development of intestinal microbiota in infants and its impact on health: Trends in Microbiology Bifidobacterium - Wikipedia The First Microbial Colonizers of the Human Gut: Composition, Activities, and Health Implications of the Infant Gut Microbiota | Microbiol...
Jan 20, 2025•9 min•Ep 722•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from coffee tasting using shared cups, i.e., coffee cupping. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Coffee Cupping: A Step By Step Guide Responsible Coffee Cupping During Covid-19 - Perfect Daily Grind Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PMC US norovirus outbreaks are up, CDC data show | CIDRAP NoroSTAT Data | Norovirus | C...
Jan 17, 2025•13 min•Ep 721•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from accidentally leaving your contact lens solution bottle open. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Eye & Contact Lens The Danger of Using Tap Water with Contact Lenses | US EPA National Outbreak of Acanthamoeba Keratitis Associated with Use of a Contact Lens Solution, United States - PMC Eye Infections From Contact Lenses - American Academy of Ophthalmology Recent Outbreaks of Atypical Contact Lens-Related Keratitis: What Have...
Jan 15, 2025•21 min•Ep 720•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from food in a freezer ajar for 24 hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Homepage - STOCKART Download 1000’s of high resolution images | Stockarch Free Stock Photo Archive Avoid Foodborne Illness During Temporary Power Outages | FoodSafety.gov Food safety experts agree with ‘when in doubt, throw it out,’ here’s why | Fox News...
Jan 13, 2025•11 min•Ep 719•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cutting bones on a band saw for use in soup stock. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Food saws for meat - band saws by Wintersteiger
Jan 10, 2025•11 min•Ep 718•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating expired turkey deli meat. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 671. Older Man Kayaking With Fresh Wounds in Water Which Regularly Fails Coliform Tests — Risky or Not? The combination of lactate and diacetate synergistically reduces cold growth in brain heart infusion broth across Listeria monocytogenes lineages - PubMed Hillshire Farms Ultra Thin Oven Roasted Turkey Breast - 9oz : Target People at Increased Risk for List...
Jan 08, 2025•18 min•Ep 717•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of arranging objects on a table using only your face. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Taskmaster (TV series) - Wikipedia Arrange the Objects Using Only your Face | Full Task | Taskmaster - YouTube Egg Storage | Official Egg Info Why American Eggs Would Be Illegal In A British Supermarket, And Vice Versa Salmonella in Eggs Information | Official Egg Info New Government advice: British Lion eggs safe for mums-to-be, babies and ...
Jan 06, 2025•10 min•Ep 716•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating blueberries that had a new hat fall into them twice. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 National Women’s Soccer League Official Site | NWSL put a hat on a hat - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Authentic Washington Spirit Merch | NWSL Shop 401. Unrefrigerated Jalapeño Queso Dip — Risky or Not?...
Jan 03, 2025•8 min•Ep 715•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting your baby lick a snake. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ The Surprising Reason Babies Are NOT Afraid of Snakes | Secret Science - YouTube Public Health Notice: Outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to snakes and rodents - Canada.ca...
Jan 01, 2025•10 min•Ep 714•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking and eating a butternut squash that you found while walking your dog. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Basics of Verbing Nouns | Grammarly Blog Scott Adams: Chris and Matt Go to Hell - Decoding the Gurus Prevent Rot of Winter Squash in Storage The Only Way To Store Butternut Squash, According to a Food Expert...
Dec 30, 2024•9 min•Ep 713•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using the alley behind your butcher shop for staging turkey smoking. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Microwave Sparking? 5 Common Causes - Ocean Appliance Feast of the Seven Fishes - Wikipedia An Italian American Christmas: It’s not Traditional, but It’s Our Tradition | Italian Sons and Daughters of America Belmont Butchery with your turkey in a filthy alley : r/rva You All Owe Belmont Butchery an Apology : r/rva Regarding...
Dec 27, 2024•14 min•Ep 712•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving cookies and milk out for Santa, and carrots for his reindeer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How To Celebrate The Winter Solstice How does Santa make it around the world in one night? | HowStuffWorks Is Santa Claus immune to COVID-19? - YouTube Immunologists convinced Santa has a great immune system - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin...
Dec 25, 2024•14 min•Ep 711•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with mysterious green spots in ice cream. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Jeni’s Ice Creams A Greenish-Black Discoloration of Chocolate Ice Cream...
Dec 23, 2024•13 min•Ep 710•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating homemade roasted sriracha chickpeas left at room temperature for three days. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Roasted Sriracha Chickpeas - ShortGirlTallOrder Easy Roasted Chickpeas - Super Healthy Kids
Dec 20, 2024•9 min•Ep 709•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using expired pasteurized cows milk used for yogurt. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 563. Chris’s Yogurt Without Heating — Risky or Not? 128. Milk on the Counter Over Night — Risky or Not? Foods Near the End of Their Shelf Life - Consumption Recommendations | Consumer Food Waste Community of Practice | Connect Staphylococcus aureus Toxin Formation in Hydrated Batter Mixes...
Dec 18, 2024•11 min•Ep 708•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating fruit that has been bitten by a bat Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Teacher Bitten By Bat In Classroom Dies Of Rabies Zoonotic Exposures: Bites, Stings, Scratches & Other Hazards | CDC Yellow Book 2024 Unrecognized diversity of mammalian orthoreoviruses in North American bats - ScienceDirect Rabies - Frequently Asked Questions | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Ecology and Host Identity Outweigh Evolutionary History i...
Dec 16, 2024•14 min•Ep 707•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing a tomato sauce lid after it has been licked by a dog. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) - YouTube Microbiota populations in supragingival plaque, subgingival plaque, and saliva habitats of adult dogs | Animal Microbiome The Impact of Dogs Oral Microbiota on Human Health: A review – Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia Cultivable Oral Microbiota of Domestic Dogs | Journal of Clinical...
Dec 13, 2024•24 min•Ep 706•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from washing poultry blotting towels in cold water. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Kitchen cloths: Consumer practices, drying properties and bacterial growth and survival - ScienceDirect 1 Million Dollars Scene | AUSTIN POWERS (1997) Movie CLIP HD - YouTube...
Dec 11, 2024•16 min•Ep 705•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a paper ballot. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Arc de Triomphe - Wikipedia Acrylamide | ToxFAQs™ | ATSDR Safety Data Sheet - Voters Ink An unusual case of xylophagia (paper-eating) - PMC Do By Friday ChatGPT- is it safe to eat a paper ballot A meta‐analysis of pica and micronutrient status - Miao - 2015 - American Journal of Human Biology - Wiley Online Library ChatGPT - how many episodes make an arc?...
Dec 09, 2024•16 min•Ep 704•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks using a strangers paper napkin found in a parking lot. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Keep America Beautiful: The Crying Indian (1970) - YouTube Iron Eyes Cody - Wikipedia First Thanksgiving - SNL - YouTube...
Dec 06, 2024•15 min•Ep 703•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing a paper towel used to cover microwaved Kraft Dinner. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Kraft Dinner - Wikipedia Barenaked Ladies – If I Had $1,000,000 Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Can you use the plastic cake covers you get at the store and use them as microwave covers? - Quora ChatGPT - Microwaving Mac and Cheese...
Dec 04, 2024•14 min•Ep 702•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks reusing unwashed cutlery that has food particles attached. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Food Utensil Bacteriology - PMC Microbiological assessment of cutleries - MedCrave online Contamination of knives and graters by bacterial foodborne pathogens during slicing and grating of produce - ScienceDirect Enterobacter aerogenes B199A May Be an Effective Surrogate for Quantifying Transfer of Salmonella Newport 96E01152C-TX from C...
Dec 02, 2024•16 min•Ep 701•Transcript available on Metacast 
