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Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risk of eating sun pasta incubated for five hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 brunchwithbabs on Instagram: SUN ☀️ PASTA SAUCE 🍝 you’ll never make pasta in the summer the same again. Making this poolside at my daughters home! A family favorite ☀️… Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / Twitter What’s all the fuss about San Marzano Tomatoes?? Aren’t they just another Tomato? Can you tell me a bit about em please.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating food held out of temperature control for 6 hours. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Merch — Risky or Not? Hors d’oeuvre - Wikipedia Mini Ham Quiches Recipe: How to Make It Frank’s RedHot® Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe | Frank’s RedHot® US ComBase Food Safety Talk 79: You’re Into Botulism Country (with Merlin Mann) — Food Safety Talk
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating frozen food from 1972. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Lee Katz 🍞 on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman I don’t know if I hear enough about obviously risky foods on #riskyornot. Has anyone has sent this to you yet? https://t.co/pAdnER471x https://t.co/G3IT52rJ3V” / Twitter Woman Finds Food in Grandparents’ Freezer Dating Back to 1972 Then Defrosts It
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming opened organic lemonade refrigerated for 4 weeks. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Kirkland Signature, Organic Lemonade, 96 fl oz, 2-Count | Costco mycotoxin fruit juice - Google Scholar Mycotoxins in Fruits, Fruit Juices, and Dried Fruits - ScienceDirect Ochratoxin A in beverages from Morocco: a preliminary survey: Food Additives and Contaminants: Vol 18 , No 6
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from deliberately eating powdered teflon. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony – Improbable Research Teflon diet, garlic milk and zebra cows triumph at 2025 Ig Nobel prizes | Ig Nobel prizes | The Guardian Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners - Ars Technica Polytetrafluoroethylene Ingestion as a Way to Increase Food Volume and Hence Satiety Without Increasing Calorie Content - PMC Journal of Irreproducible Results - Wikipedia Annals of Improbable Research - Wikipedia Ig Nobel Prize - Wikipedia List of Ig Nobel Prize winners - Wikipedia
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned pet food. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Jim Nielsen: “My wife came home with a giant…” - Mastodon Nummy Tum-Tum Pure Organic Pumpkin Canned Dog & Cat Food Supplement | Chewy (Free Shipping) Whats the Difference Between Raw and Pasteurized Milk? Pet Food | FDA
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking a wrapped egg in a compost pile. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Composting Temperature Egg update : r/composting Onsen Tamago (Japanese-style Soft-Boiled Egg) - RecipeTin Japan British Lion Eggs | What Does the Lion Stamp Mean | Egg Info Cooking Eggs Sous Vide
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing drinking glasses with only hot water and friction. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Still too hot: Examination of water temperature and water heater characteristics 24 years after manufacturers adopt voluntary temperature setting - PMC Quantifying the Effects of Water Temperature, Soap Volume, Lather Time, and Antimicrobial Soap as Variables in the Removal of Escherichia coli ATCC 11229 from Hands - ScienceDirect 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl — Risky or Not?
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using the British dishwashing method. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bacon Method Instagram Is It Safe To Clean Your Dishes The ‘British Way’? Health Experts Explain Three the Hard Way (film) - Wikipedia Human health risk assessment of chloroxylenol in liquid hand soap and dishwashing soap used by consumers and health-care professionals - ScienceDirect Ingestion of bar soap may produce serious injury: clinical effects and risk factors: Clinical Toxicology: Vol 57, No 5 What to Know About Dish Soap | Poison Control
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from biting the head off a bat or a dove. Fedica text: Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs - YouTube War Pigs - Wikipedia Fairies Wear Boots - YouTube Fairies Wear Boots - Wikipedia Did Ozzy Osbourne really bite the head off a live bat? Frontiers | An overview of bats microbiota and its implication in transmissible diseases Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases of Columbiformes - PMC
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking coffee made from a coffee maker that has algae growing in the transparent water reservoir. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The coffee-machine bacteriome: biodiversity and colonisation of the wasted coffee tray leach - PMC Preliminary Investigation on Hygienic-Sanitary Quality of Food Vending Machines - PMC Safety and quality assessment of hot-drinks vending machines in Southern Italy - ScienceDirect Toxic or Otherwise Harmful Algae and the Built Environment Cyanobacteria in fish ponds - ScienceDirect Toxicology of Aquarium Fish - ScienceDirect
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating ice off of your hockey skates. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Raptors Instagram 571. Hockey Ice Gum — Risky or Not? Ice resurfacer - Wikipedia 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl — Risky or Not? How Untreated Water Will Affect The Quality Of Your Ice Surface NHL Unites | NHL.com Microbiological Quality of Packaged Ice from Various Sources in Georgia - ScienceDirect Arena ice quality and perspectives on optimizing performance and addressing emerging challenges - PMC Pablo Torre F*cks Around and Finds Out feat. Pablo Torre | Chapo Trap House - YouTube
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing frosting that says “Cover and refrigerate leftover frosting up to 30 days” at room temperature after opening. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Justin Ekins on X: “@benjaminchapman @bugcounter would it be risky or not to store this Betty Crocker vanilla frosting out of the refrigerator for, say, 6 months after opening and then use it to frost a cake? https://t.co/k7NDNlSksq” / X Let Them Eat Cake | Chemical Engineering Education
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming “vintage” (i.e., old) MREs from around the world, but focusing in those from the US. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Meal, Ready-to-Eat - Wikipedia Ensuring the Safety and Quality of RTE Meals for U.S. Service Members | Food Safety Jeremy Zenlea | LinkedIn Army researchers dug into the effects of MREs on gut health, here’s what they discovered | Article | The United States Army Shelf-Stable Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service Mathematical Models for the Effects of pH, Temperature, and Sodium Chloride on the Growth of Bacillus stearothermophilus in Salty Carrots - PubMed Mathematical Models for the Effects of pH, Temperature, and Sodium Chloride on the Growth of Bacillus stearothermophilus in Salty Carrots
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of meat from puffy or bloated packages. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Basset Hound Bloat Chart 465. Kurtis’s Puffy Sausage — Risky or Not? Are “Bloated” Meat Packages Safe? We Asked a Food Safety Expert | The Kitchn TikTok - Always check your meat for this! Modified Atmosphere and Vacuum Packaging of Meat and Poultry Products: Food Reviews International: Vol 18, No 4 Advancing sustainability through modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) for fresh food preservation: A critical review - ScienceDirect
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Ballpark cheeseburger made with with self-serve sticky cheese handled by others. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Alexandria Aces Collegiate Summer Baseball Team in Alexandria, Virginia A Study of Staphylococcus Aureus Growth in Model Systems and Processed Cheese - MAGRINI - 1983 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library High Hand Contamination Rates During Norovirus Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities - PMC State of Handwashing Report.pdf
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating air cooled hard boiled eggs after a week at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 775. Coin in Cup for Freezer Safety After Power Outages — Risky or Not? FDA Food Code | FDA 210. Air cooled hard boiled eggs at room temperature — Risky or Not? 467. Rich’s Hard Boiled Eggs (With Bra Egg Bonus) — Risky or Not? Hard-Cooked Egg Shelf Life - ScienceDirect
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking drinking Horatio Nelson’ embalming fluid made with brandy, with camphor and myrrh. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Wikipedia Camphor overdose: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Nelson: A Personal History: Hibbert, Christopher: 9780201624571: Amazon.com: Books Christopher Hibbert - Wikipedia
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming Costco free food samples. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Food Safety Talk Multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with in-store sampling of an aged raw-milk Gouda cheese, 2010 - PubMed Are Costco Samples Safe To Eat? Here’s What You Need To Know About Hygiene Practices Coronavirus outbreak prompts Costco to stop serving free samples
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of standing in a hotel bathroom in Athens Greece after a shower head explodes. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Legionnaires disease in Athens 13th ICPMF About Legionnaires’ Disease | Legionella | CDC Legionnaires’ Disease - NYC Health CDC Providing a Home for Guests, not Legionella
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