Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating salmon cooked on moldy cedar planks. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Sprouts 3.5 X 7 Cedar Plank | Shop Online, Shopping List, Digital Coupons | Sprouts Farmers Market The fate of mycotoxins during thermal food processing - Kabak - 2009 - Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture - Wiley Online Library Stability of mycotoxins during food processing - ScienceDirect Microbial Safety of Wood in Contact with Food: A Revi...
Sep 20, 2024•12 min•Ep 670•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating off plates covered in mold after they were washed twice in an automatic dishwasher on the sanitize cycle. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Method to Evaluate Factors Influencing the Microbial Reduction in Domestic Dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic How to Clean a Dishwasher of Mold and Other Suspicious Stains | Reviews by Wirecutter...
Sep 18, 2024•8 min•Ep 669•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking foods in microwaves because of cross-contamination from the cavity. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Frontiers | The microwave bacteriome: biodiversity of domestic and laboratory microwave ovens Can you use the plastic cake covers you get at the store and use them as microwave covers? - Quora...
Sep 16, 2024•12 min•Ep 668•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking dry beans in slow cookers. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Chow Line: Dry kidney beans need to be boiled | CFAES Cooking (and Canning) Kidney Beans Canning Dry Beans: It Matters How They Go in the Jar - National Center for Home Food Preservation FDA Bad Bug Book Toxicity of Kidney Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris) With Particular Reference to Lectins: Journal of Plant Foods: Vol 4, No 1 Differentiating the Lectin Activity in Twenty...
Sep 13, 2024•11 min•Ep 667•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking alcohol from uranium glassware. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helpless Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Conversion: Port Hope | Cameco Port Hope, Ontario - Wikipedia Port Hope Area Initiative - Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Marie Curie - Wikipedia The Black Hole of the Canadian Nuclear Industry Max & Anita Pochon, 1920 | Title: Max & Anita Pochon Accessi… | Flickr Uranium glass - Wikipedia U...
Sep 11, 2024•23 min•Ep 666•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from leaving a cut unripe avocado at room temperature for a day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street | Recipes, TV and Cooking Tips America’s Test Kitchen: Recipes & Reviews You Can Trust | Stream Every Episode | America’s Test Kitchen Richard Kimble | The Fugitive Wiki | Fandom Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and Indicator Microorganisms on Hass Avocados Sold at Retail Markets in Guadalajara, Mexico - S...
Sep 09, 2024•12 min•Ep 665•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed to diners when chairs are placed on sanitized tables. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Consumer Perceptions, Pathogen Detection, and Removal Rate Determination in Market-style Restaurants A Survey of Microbial Contamination on Restaurant Nonfood‐Contact Surfaces - Patel - 2017 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Library Are Ball Pits the Playground for Potentially Harmful Bacteria? - Document - Gale Academic OneFile...
Sep 06, 2024•12 min•Ep 664•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pathogen laden food while drinking alcohol. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ ཨ་རིའི་གླུ་མ་ Amalia སེང་འབྲུག་མཚོ། | #foodsafety #health #sterilization #sanitization #lifehack | Instagram Epidemiology The protective effect of alcohol on the occurrence of epidemic oyster-borne hepatitis A - PubMed Bellido-Blasco: The protective effect of alcoholic… - Google Scholar Wine is Bactericidal to Foodborne Pathogens - Møretrø - 2004 - Jour...
Sep 04, 2024•13 min•Ep 663•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking a cocktail made with a mummified toe. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The history of the Sourtoe Cocktail: a shot of whiskey garnished with a human toe | Short Docs Food Safety Talk 176: Bug Book — Food Safety Talk Sourtoe: The Story of the Sorry Cannibal | Short Docs...
Sep 02, 2024•9 min•Ep 662•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of blowing air over raw chicken. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Alton Brown | Dry that chicken! #chicken #refrigeratorlife #goodeats | Instagram Brian Brozovic on X: “#riskyornot, taking into account FSIS Appendix A will be followed for cooking, so specifically airborne risk from household fan being applied to direct surface of raw poultry for rapid thawing @benjaminchapman @bugcounter https://t.co/VYPEPFokjd” / X Airborne B...
Aug 30, 2024•14 min•Ep 661•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking coffee made with water from a strangers water bottle. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Cleanliness of Reusable Water Bottles: How Contamination Levels are Affected by Bottle Usage and Cleaning Behaviors of Bottle Owners Bacterial water quality in the personal water bottles of elementary students - PubMed saliva - Risky or Not? Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymp...
Aug 28, 2024•13 min•Ep 660•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking coffee or tea brewed on an airplane Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Why You Shouldn’t Order Coffee or Tea on an Airplane 2019 Airline Water Study by CUNY’s Hunter Col | EurekAlert! IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Bacteria that Travel: The Quality of Aircraft Water IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Microbial Contamination in the Coffee Industry: An Occupational Menace besides a Food Safety Concern? Factors That Impact Survival...
Aug 26, 2024•17 min•Ep 659•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fish in the Olympic Village. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Food Vision - Paris 2024 Illness-Causing Fish Parasites (Worms) Effect of Lime Juice on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella enterica Inactivation during the Preparation of the Raw Fish Dish Ceviche - ScienceDirect Response to the questions posed by the Food and Drug Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding determination of c...
Aug 23, 2024•11 min•Ep 658•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from swimming in the Seine during the 2024 Olympics. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Merch — Risky or Not? Olympic Marathon Swimming | Paris 2024 Olympics Three German swimmers fall ill after Olympic races in the Seine | AP News Triathlon - Wikipedia Why Olympic athletes may be getting sick from swimming in the Seine - The Washington Post Don Schaffner 🦠 on X: ““And it’s actually backed by science. Proven methods.” Um. No. https://t.co/...
Aug 21, 2024•14 min•Ep 657•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fruit and vegetables washed with cleaning vinegar. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 628. Washing Produce in the Dishwasher — Risky or Not? Great Value Cleaning Vinegar All-Purpose Cleaner, 64 fl oz - Walmart.com Ingredient Disclosure - Great Value Cleaning Vinegar All Purpose Cleaner CAS REGISTRY | CAS CAS 64-19-7 | Sigma-Aldrich 476. Worlds Purest Cookie — Risky or Not?...
Aug 19, 2024•15 min•Ep 656•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating moldy food on a flight. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helpless Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Delta Flight Diverts Plane After Serving Contaminated Food | Inside Edition Flight diverted to JFK after passengers served spoiled food: Delta Photos of Delta Airlines’ ‘Spoiled’ Meals Show Mold Growing on Food An overview of mycotoxin contamination in foods and its implications for human health: Toxin Review...
Aug 16, 2024•13 min•Ep 655•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cut watermelon at room temperature for a day or more. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Modeling the growth of Listeria monocytogenes on cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon - ScienceDirect Survival and Growth of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Cantaloupe and Watermelon - ScienceDirect Growth of Salmonella spp. in Cantaloupe, Watermelon, and Honeydew Melons - ScienceDirect Merch — Risky or Not? Caricature Defin...
Aug 14, 2024•10 min•Ep 654•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating escovitch that has been held at room temperature for 12 hours. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Escovitch Fish Recipe Ceviche - Wikipedia Escovitch food poisoning - Google Scholar Effect of Lime Juice on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella enterica Inactivation during the Preparation of the Raw Fish Dish Ceviche - ScienceDirect Microbiological safety and quality of ceviche, poke, and sushi dishes sold at retail outlet...
Aug 12, 2024•18 min•Ep 653•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from New York State jam and relish purchased from a farmers market. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Guidance on Sanitary Regulations for Something for everyone at Mennonite/Amish stores | | communitymediagroup.com Merch — Risky or Not?...
Aug 09, 2024•13 min•Ep 652•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fresh New York State roadkill bear meat that’s properly cooked. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? RFK Jr. admits he placed a dead bear cub in Central Park 10 years ago | CNN Politics RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain - The New York Times 626. Eating Rare Bear Meat — Risky or Not? South Dakota governor says she shot ‘extremely dangerous’ dog to protect her children Can You Lega...
Aug 07, 2024•20 min•Ep 651•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from yogurt purchased from a grocery store from a fridge with no door. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Risky or Not: Yogurt fridge with no door - Imgur A Horse with No Name - Wikipedia Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in Skim Milk and in Yogurt Mix during Fermentation by Thermophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria - ScienceDirect...
Aug 05, 2024•8 min•Ep 650•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking cicada-infused Malört shots. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Hot Italian Giardiniera Recipe Chicago-style pizza - Wikipedia Flag of Chicago - Wikipedia Fort Dearborn - Wikipedia New Raleigh Flag Jeppson’s Malört | A Chicago Icon : Malört John Hodgman Loves Malort: “It Tastes Like Pencil Shavings And Heartbreak” - The Chicagoist Cicada-infused Malört: Chicago area brewpub offering cicada shots Periodical Cicadas...
Aug 02, 2024•17 min•Ep 649•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a turtle to open a beverage on a golf course. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ The Game Changerz | Turtle woods with the assist #golf #golfswing | Instagram Anheuser-Busch brands - Wikipedia 482. Using a Turtle to Open a Beverage — Risky or Not? Traumatic Amputation of Finger From an Alligator Snapping Turtle Bite - ScienceDirect Beer Time Billy 🍺 | Who knew turtles were so useful?! I’ll name him squirtle.😂 Follow @beertimebi...
Jul 31, 2024•12 min•Ep 648•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not washing hands after pooping. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Poop in My Fingernails - YouTube O. Pete Snyder, food safety rock star | barfblog IAFP 2024 program book Wirecutter: New Product Reviews, Deals, and Buying Advice After I defecate and attempt to wipe, there’s never anything on the toilet paper. This has been going on for weeks now. Is this normal? - Quora Scientific Evidence Supports t...
Jul 29, 2024•17 min•Ep 647•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from taking your coffee cup into the bathroom with you while pooping. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? 645. Eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe — Risky or Not? Barenaked Ladies – Never Is Enough Lyrics | Genius Lyrics 395. Open Dippin’ Dots in a Sporting Event Bathroom Stall — Risky or Not? Here’s What Really Happens When You Flush a Toilet | Smithsonian R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts (Official HD Music Video) - Y...
Jul 26, 2024•13 min•Ep 646•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe (that’s in Canada). Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bob and Doug McKenzie - Wikipedia O Canada - Wikipedia Toe Beans Cat Cafe - Eat, Drink, Adopt, Repeat Food | Toe Beans Cat Cafe - Eat, Drink, Adopt, Repeat Zoonotic Disease: What Can I Catch from My Cat? | Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine cat - Risky or Not? Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit Merch — R...
Jul 24, 2024•13 min•Ep 645•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vacuum packaged cheddar cheese stored for 24 hours at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Urban Dictionary: I Do Declare CDPH Testing Confirms Botulism Linked to Nacho Cheese Sauce Consensus categorization of cheese based on water activity and pH—A rational approach to systemizing cheese diversity - ScienceDirect Evaluation of Factors Involved in Antibotulinal Properties of Pasteurized...
Jul 22, 2024•16 min•Ep 644•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking from a bottle with unknown contents found at sea. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Merch — Risky or Not? Apple News+ - Apple Five Fishermen Dead After Drinking from Bottles Found at Sea Bodies of fishermen who died after drinking from bottle found in sea brought to Tangalle Five Fishermen Dead After Drinking from Bottles Found at Sea Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea ChatGPT on Finding Alcohol in the Ocean At L...
Jul 19, 2024•21 min•Ep 643•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from honey that diluted with water by 25%. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? On the nature of the relationship between water activity and % moisture in honey - ScienceDirect Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure on Salmonella Inoculated into Creamy Peanut Butter with Modified Composition - ScienceDirect 400. Simple Syrup Stored at Room Temperature — Risky or Not?...
Jul 17, 2024•12 min•Ep 642•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a dishwasher with a failing heating element. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? dishwasher - Risky or Not? The survival of foodborne pathogens during domestic washing-up and subsequent transfer onto washing-up sponges, kitchen surfaces and food - ScienceDirect Integrated model for the prediction of cleaning profiles inside an automatic dishwasher - ScienceDirect Manual dishwashing habits: an empiri...
Jul 15, 2024•13 min•Ep 641•Transcript available on Metacast 
