Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of putting a raw turkey on your head. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Matthew Perry - Wikipedia The Christmas Turkey | Funny Clip | Mr. Bean Official - YouTube lake effect kid on X: “@PopCrave @bugcounter @benjaminchapman risky or not” / X Richard Curtis says Friends stole Mr Bean’s turkey head joke Love Actually - Wikipedia...
Dec 13, 2023•10 min•Ep 549•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cleaning your toilet brushes in the dishwasher top rack. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 I’m not proud of this, but I need to ask… Facebook Is it safe to put toilet brush in dishwasher? Method to Evaluate Factors Influencing the Microbial Reduction in Domestic Dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic Effective household disinfection methods of kitchen sponges - ScienceDirect Development of a New Meth...
Dec 11, 2023•10 min•Ep 548•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming canned and jarred foods that were exposed to temperatures over 100°F for several days. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Spoilage of Canned Foods - Food Microbiology: Principles into Practice - Wiley Online Library Thermophilic Organisms Involved in Food Spoilage: Thermophilic Anaerobes not Producing Hydrogen Sulfide - PubMed Thermophilic Organisms in Food Spoilage: Flat-Sour Aerobes - PubMed FSIS Microbiology of T...
Dec 08, 2023•13 min•Ep 547•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming canned foods from a house where there was a fire. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Fires and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service Men At Work - Down Under (Lyrics) - YouTube https://Victoria Food Safety After A Fire Food Safety After a Fire - Boulder County Consumer Tips For Food Safety After Fires - MN Dept. of Health What foods are safe if exposed to a fire? Fires and Food Safety | Food Safety and In...
Dec 06, 2023•22 min•Ep 546•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of steak house pub cheese in a shared crock at Ye Olde Steak House in Knoxville, pre-pandemic. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 (3) Ryan on X: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Risky or Not: “steakhouse pub cheese passed around from table to table in a shared crock” here’s the source clip and link from the @aragusea podcast https://t.co/y6zwRtkbVi https://t.co/MLAuxOybJY” / X Ye Olde Steak House and associated history (E71) — The ...
Dec 04, 2023•14 min•Ep 545•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks a toddler getting into kitchen trash. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Norovirus Outbreak Related to Contaminated Surfaces | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Full article: Occurrence of bacteria and biochemical markers on public surfaces...
Dec 01, 2023•11 min•Ep 544•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating table syrup from IHOP containing food hidden by college students. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ IHOP’s New Syrup Containers Amazon.com - 6 Oz. (Ounce) Glass Bulb Jar Syrup Dispenser, Sugar Dispenser, Retracting Spout, Dispensing Thumb-Lever, Pancake House Style (2) - Food Dispensers...
Nov 29, 2023•15 min•Ep 543•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned blueberries that hiss and foam on opening. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Krusteaz Mixes | Pancake, Waffle, Baking & Gluten Free Mixes Krusteaz - Wikipedia Clemson pH of common foods pdf Spoilage of Canned Foods - Food Microbiology: Principles into Practice - Wiley Online Library Krusty the Clown - Wikipedia...
Nov 27, 2023•12 min•Ep 542•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming food (specifically hot dogs wrapped in bacon) from unlicensed San Francisco street vendors. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 jonathan rauch: “@bugcounter hi dr don! is this…” - SFBA.social lisa c: “I don’t know who is running th…” - Mastodon Don’t let the intoxicating aroma of frying onions trick you into eating unsafe food. Protect yourself from illnesses by not buying from… | Instagram Negotiating Informality: S...
Nov 24, 2023•11 min•Ep 541•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of the USDA recommended cold water turkey thawing method. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 turkey - Risky or Not? thawing - Risky or Not? Turkey Basics: Safe Thawing | Food Safety and Inspection Service Is it true thawing a turkey on the counter will make you sick? - The Washington Post Prevalence of Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli on the Surfaces of Raw Poultry Packages - ScienceDirect Ho...
Nov 22, 2023•27 min•Ep 540•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using tattler reusable plastic canning lids for home canning. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 43 Folders | Time, Attention, and Creative Work The Guy Who Invented Inbox Zero Says We’re All Doing It Wrong | Inc.com Bob Barker - Wikipedia Whose Line: If You Know What I Mean Compilation - Part 1 - YouTube Tattler Reusable Canning Lids – Tattler Lids Information – Tattler Lids National Center for Home Food Preservation | How D...
Nov 20, 2023•18 min•Ep 539•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of bacteria in fast-food soda fountains Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Salmonella, E-coli found in fast food soda fountain drinking water Microbial contamination analysis of drinking water from bulk dispensers and fast-food restaurants in the Eastern Coachella Valley, California | Water Supply | IWA Publishing Repeated detection of microbes in beverages dispensed from soda fountain machines and the effect of flushing on micr...
Nov 17, 2023•15 min•Ep 538•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks shopping in the produce section of a store where someone has brought their pet turtle. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Small Turtles | CDC Veterinary Sciences | Free Full-Text | A Review of the Public Health Challenges of Salmonella and Turtles Salmonella excretion by turtles. - PMC Prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli on the External Packaging of Raw Meat - ScienceDirect Preva...
Nov 15, 2023•16 min•Ep 537•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by Tajarin Dalla Forma as prepared by at Casa Bovina in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 French Chef makes Pasta from Giant Cheese Wheel on Paris Street #shorts #paris #pasta - YouTube The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 388, With Christina Warren Video from Casa Bovina on Facebook Paper Hand Towels: C-Fold vs. Multifold vs. Singlefold Consensus categorization of cheese based on water activity and pH—A rational appro...
Nov 13, 2023•15 min•Ep 536•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks to adults eating at picnic tables with a little bit dried bird poop. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Abundance, diet and Salmonella contamination of gulls feeding at sewage outfalls - ScienceDirect Can domestic pigeon be a potential carrier of zoonotic Salmonella? - PMC Survival of Salmonella in Various Wild Animal Feces That May Contaminate Produce - ScienceDirect...
Nov 10, 2023•14 min•Ep 535•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of getting food safety advice from their podcasts, in light of a long standing error. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Psychedelic Sixties: Ken Kesey & the Merry Pranksters Your Ultimate Convenience Store for Food, Drink, Fuel, and More | Wawa Home - Buc-ees Risk Assessment for Salmonella Enteritidis in Eggs and Egg Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service Production Module: Risk Assessment for Salmonella Enteritidis ...
Nov 08, 2023•16 min•Ep 534•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using the kitchen sink to wash your hands after pooping in the bathroom. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Observational Study of the Impact of a Food Safety Intervention on Consumer Poultry Washing - PubMed Reduction of faecal coliform, coliform and heterotrophic plate count bacteria in the household kitchen and bathroom by disinfection with hypochlorite cleaners | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic...
Nov 06, 2023•10 min•Ep 533•Transcript available on Metacast 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