Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned beans from WWII in 2006 as shown on The Simpsons.

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• Beastie Boys – Johnny Ryall Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Gregory Koch: "Eating canned beans from World War II in 2006, when this episode first aired…. #RiskyOrNot @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social" — Bluesky
• Eating 80 year old food Rations! sealed since WW2! What's inside? - YouTube
• We Ate 100-Year-Old Food from Every War! - YouTube
• 643. Drinking an Unknown Liquid Found in a Bottle at Sea — Risky or Not?
• The Canning Process; Old Preservation Technique Goes Modern" by Blumenthal, Dale - FDA Consumer, Vol. 24, Issue 7, September 1990 | Online Research Library: Questia Reader
• Consumer Brands Association - Wikipedia
• Dennis Heldman Obituary - Columbus, OH

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating out of date ham as depicted on the Simpsons.

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• Arc - Robot or Not? #310 - The Incomparable
• Gregory Koch: "This episode aired on February 10, 1994, so assuming that's the date this is set …. Eating processed ham that expired five years ago - #RiskyOrNot? @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social" — Bluesky
• Amazon.com: North Carolina Mountain Cured Country Ham Trimmings 5-4 Oz. Packs : Grocery & Gourmet Food
• Hams and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating deviled eggs made from home-canned, split open hard-boiled eggs.

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• Canning Rebels | Hard boiled egg experiment | Facebook
• Text of "GREEN EGGS AND HAM" (by Doctor Seuss)
• Green Eggs and Ham - Google Books
• Food Safety Talk 319: I'm Feeling Botchy Today — Food Safety Talk
• Pickled Eggs - National Center for Home Food Preservation
• Why do Eggs Turn Green When Cooked? | Incredible Egg
• Full article: Investigation of a type C/D botulism outbreak in free-range laying hens in France
• Challenge studies with Listeria monocytogenes and proteolytic Clostridium botulinum in hard-boiled eggs packaged under modified atmospheres - ScienceDirect
• Pressure Canning Whole Eggs for the pantry! *NOT a G0v+ approved method #storingeggs #preservingeggs - YouTube
• Foodborne Botulism From Eating Home-Pickled Eggs — Illinois, 1997
• Freezing Eggs - National Center for Home Food Preservation

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a half eaten candy bar left on a desk during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• Names for soft drinks in the United States - Wikipedia
• One-in-a-Million Pizza Fan – Bedtime Math
• Ants Eating Choco Heart Cookie - YouTube
• Time Lapse Ants Eating Heart Candy (ants vs candy timelapse) - YouTube
• A study on the potential of ants to act as vectors of foodborne pathogens - PMC
• New chat
• DO NOT IGNORE THOSE BIG BLACK ANTS

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using the coin in cup for freezer safety tip after power outages.

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• Food Safety After a Storm | N.C. Cooperative Extension
• Does a Coin in a Cup of Ice Accurately Tell You If Your Freezer Lost Power? | Snopes.com
• Why Are People Putting A Cup Of Ice With A Coin On Top In Their Freezer?
• Temperature & Humidity | Lascar Electronics
• Amazon.com: tempi.fi Wireless Temperature and Humidity Sensor - Developed in The USA - 24/7 Data Logger with Alarm – Bluetooth Smart Thermometer and Hygrometer - Bluetooth Only - Not WiFi : Industrial & Scientific

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from storing candied lemon peels at room temperature.

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• Candied Lemon Peel Recipe
• Water Activity (aw) in Foods | FDA
• 400. Simple Syrup Stored at Room Temperature — Risky or Not?
• Suntree Natural Foods Marketplace | Port Hope's go-to for food that is local, health-conscious and delicious
• Wine Spirits Beer | LCBO

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using hotel single cup coffee makers.

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• assuming that everything in a hotel room has at… | kung fu grippe
• Keurig® K-Mini® Single Serve Coffee Maker | Keurig Canada
• My brewer has internal temperature control. What are the brew temperature ranges? | Knowledge Article

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from reusing bench flour.

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• 214. Having a Romantic Flour Fight — Risky or Not?
• Simple Sourdough Pizza Crust: Step-by-Step Guide | Alexandra's Kitchen
• food safety - What should I do with my leftover bench flour? - Seasoned Advice

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating steaks flipped by someone who has licked their bare hands before flipping.

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• 327. Chicken Soup Unrefrigerated for More Than 6 Hours — Risky or Not?
• 342. Bedroom Pasta — Risky or Not?
• 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming dairy products given recent cuts to FDA

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• US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts | Reuters
• NC milk is still being tested. FDA program suspension info | Charlotte Observer
• Explainer: How does US food safety work, and what cuts has Trump made? | Reuters
• Brian Schaneberg Post | LinkedIn
• Rigorous Milk and Dairy Safety Testing Continues - IDFA
• FDA Grade "A" Milk Testing Is Coming Back—Here's What You Need To Know

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from onions and/or shallots with black mold.

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• Digital Repository Universitas Medan Area: Inventory of Fungus on Shallots (Allium ascalonicum)
• Onions, Shallots and Garlic - Crop Post‐Harvest: Science and Technology - Wiley Online Library
• Can you use onions with black mold?
• Mold or dirt in shallot : r/Mold

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of putting on gloves without first washing your hands as required by the FDA model food code.

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• Handwashing Facts | Clean Hands | CDC
• Glove Barriers to Bacterial Cross-Contamination between Hands to Food - ScienceDirect
• Microbiological safety assurance system for foodservice facilities.
• FDA Food Code | FDA
• Food Code 2022 | FDA
• Scientific Evidence Supports the Use of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers as an Effective Alternative to Hand Washing in Retail Food and Food Service Settings When Heavy Soiling Is Not Present on Hands - ScienceDirect
• 2025 Biennial Meeting | Biennial Meetings | Conference for Food Protection

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks eating and drinking at nudist bar.

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• 9: Barefoot Kitchen Staff — Risky or Not?
• List of social nudity places in North America - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating overnight oats made a room temperature

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• oats - Risky or Not?
• Overnight Oats Recipe - How to Make Overnight Oats
• The Pioneer Woman Unnecessarily Sends a Terrible Message : r/foodnetwork
• The Truth About Overnight Oats - My Longevity Kitchen
• Spore germination - ScienceDirect
• Bacteria of Bacillus cereus group in cereals at retail - Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences - Tom 59, Numer 1 (2009) - AGRO - Yadda
• Potential of selected infant food formulas for production of Bacillus cereus emetic toxin, cereulide - ScienceDirect
• Detection of Emetic Bacillus cereus from Ready-to-eat Foods in Markets and its Production of Cereulide under Simulated Conditions -Journal of the FoodService Safety | Korea Science
• Bacterial Pathogens and Indicators in Oats - April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2020 - inspection.canada.ca
• Oats: characteristics and quality requirements - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben revisit episode 759, and talk about the risks of eating from big open spoiled jar of canned peaches at room temperature.

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• 759. Big Open Jar of Canned Peaches at Room Temperature — Risky or Not?
• Further Studies on Development of Clostridium Botulinum in Refrigerated Foods 1 - Tanner - 1940 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Further Studies on Development of Clostridium botulinum in Refrigerated Foods - abstract
• Growth and Toxin Production by Clostridium botulinum in Sauteed Onions - ScienceDirect
• Journal of Food Science - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned pineapple from a container that's turned gray on the inside.

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• Periodic Tables Events | Duke University Science & Society
• Food safety vs. food waste: Test your knowledge with this quiz - Washington Post
• Does the inside of this aluminium [pineapple] can look normal? Or is it some weird toxic oxidation thing and i shouldn't eat the pineapples : r/foodhacks
• Are pineapple steel cans supposed to look like that on the inside? It looks like it's dissolving into the pineapple juice.. Isn't the lining of the can supposed to prevent that? : r/chemistry
• Let's look inside the can | Live Well. Eat Well. | Illinois Extension | UIUC
• Caitlin Mellendorf | Serving DeWitt, Macon and Piatt Counties | Illinois Extension | UIUC
• After opening canned foods, is it safe to refrigerate the unused food in the can?
• The Real Reason You Shouldn't Store an Open Can of Food in the Fridge | Epicurious
• Corrosive Effect of Pineapple Juice on the Fatigue and Hardness Properties of Austempered Ductile Iron

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from repeatedly eating yogurt or cottage cheese directly out of the container.

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• 47: Peanut Butter Fingering — Risky or Not?
• Effect of Biting Before Dipping (Double‐Dipping) Chips on the Bacterial Population of the Dipping Solution
• Listeria in the domestic environment | Emerald Insight
• 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl — Risky or Not?
• Calcium - Cheese Science Toolkit

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating garlic yogurt dip 10 days post making, just prior to surgery.

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• Opinion on leveling kits ? : r/ToyotaTacoma
• Garlic Aroma That Could Level Tacoma question : r/Zappa
• BEST of Tacoma, WA Garlic Knots - Yelp

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cleaning refrigerator shelves using water only.

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• Domestic and Indoor Microbiology - ScienceDirect
• Surface Sanitation and Microbiological Food Quality of a University Foodservice Operation
• Domestic Refrigeration Practices with Emphasis on Hygiene: Analysis of a Survey and Consumer Recommendations - ScienceDirect
• Microbiological Safety of Domestic Refrigerators and the Dishcloths Used To Clean Them in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating eggs recalled for Salmonella.

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• Eggs In B.C., Ont., Man., Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns - Canadian Manufacturing
• Eggs recalled in multiple provinces over salmonella concerns | CBC News
• Costco eggs recalled: Make sure they're not still in your fridge
• FDA designates Costco egg notice as a Class I recall : NPR
• Investigation Update: Salmonella Outbreak, Eggs - September 2024 | Salmonella Infection | CDC
• Eggs recalled in Alberta, B.C., Ontario, over salmonella
• DeCosters lose appeal in Salmonella outbreak case | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com
• HHS Lays Off All Full-Time Cruise Ship Health Inspectors Amid Illness Outbreaks: Report | HuffPost Latest News

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating peaches from big open jar of canned peaches kept at room temperature.

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• Conference for Food Protection
• #peachlady #peaches @Costco Wholesale | peach jar lady | TikTok
• Zalea Peaches. Any one have experience with them? : r/Costco
• McCullough recalls decades of food science work upon retirement from UGA-Griffin | University of Georgia Griffin Campus
• Pathogen Modeling Program (PMP) Online
• Further Studies on Development of Clostridium botulinum in Refrigerated Foods.
• Clemson pH Values of Common Foods and Ingredients
• Pruno - Wikipedia
• Peaches En Regalia - YouTube
• The Presidents of the United States of America – Peaches Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from reusing plastic drinking water jugs without washing.

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• Gregory Koch: "Me wearing my #RiskyOrNot no waffles shirt for Passover. @bugcounter.bsky.social @benjaminchapman.bsky.social" — Bluesky
• Quantifying the Influence of Relative Humidity, Temperature, and Diluent on the Survival and Growth of Enterobacter aerogenes - ScienceDirect
• Draft Genome Sequence for Klebsiella michiganensis B199A, Originally Identified as Enterobacter aerogenes | Microbiology Resource Announcements
• Matt Igo | LinkedIn
• Aqua North Carolina | Essential Utilities

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a rusty can opener.

• Eat or Toss? Is it OK to eat?
• Rusty Linux: Advances in Rust for Linux Kernel Development | Proceedings of the 18th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
• A microbial survey of food service can openers, food and beverage can tops and cleaning methodology effectiveness - Michaels - 2003 - Food Service Technology - Wiley Online Library
• The hygiene of slicing machines, carving knives and can-openers | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core
• The "Germiest" Items in the Kitchen – Savannah Valley District
• The importance of hygiene in modern society - ScienceDirect
• Clean the Germiest Home Items | NSF
• Clean the Germiest Kitchen Items | NSF
• John Roderick (musician) - Wikipedia
• Amazon.com: Chef Craft Select Can Opener with Tapper, 6.5 inches in length, Nickle Plated : Home & Kitchen
• Should I get another tetanus shot after seeing rusts in the can opener that I used? I got my tetanus shot last year, I was wondering if I need another one after possibly ingesting rust. Should I be concerned? - Quora
• You Don't Get Tetanus From Rust | Discovery
• 310: Arc — Robot or Not? — Overcast
• Tomato sprouts INSIDE the tomato?

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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating an apple bitten by stink bugs.

• Eat or Toss? Is it OK to eat?
• Dark, dented spots on apple?
• Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Fresh-Cut Apple Tissue and Its Potential for Transmission by Fruit Flies | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• 707. Eating Fruit That's Been Bitten by a Bat — Risky or Not?
• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug | US EPA

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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using re-usable straws.

• Eat or Toss? Is it OK to eat?
• 475. Bamboo Straw Used for Smoothies Without a Brush for Cleaning — Risky or Not?
• Food Safety Talk 33: Fresh Produce Punk Rock Hippieness — Food Safety Talk
• View of Do reusables pose greater infectious risks than disposables for consumer goods? A systematic literature review
• Guidance Document for the Safe Reuse of Containers | Conference-Developed Guides and Documents | Conference for Food Protection

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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from reusing a hot chocolate milk spoon.

Keywords: Milk, Chocolate, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus

• Eat or Toss? Is it OK to eat?
• Time to B. cereus about hot chocolate - PMC
• Estimation of human dose of staphylococcal enterotoxin A from a large outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning involving chocolate milk - ScienceDirect
• Understanding and Controlling Microbiological Contamination of Beverage Dispensers in University Foodservice Operations
• Profiling Bacillus cereus populations in a traditional style, hot-drinks vending machine and vended hot chocolate drink using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) techniques - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of re-heating leftovers indefinitely and the lasagna of Theseus.

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• Life Kit : NPR
• Theseus - Wikipedia
• Ship of Theseus - Wikipedia
• Tyndallization - Wikipedia
• How long do leftovers last? And other food safety questions, answered : Life Kit : NPR

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating frozen sliced liver from the last century.

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• I found this sliced liver from Safeways in my… - Military Aircraft | Facebook
• FSIS Chicken Liver Guidance
• Campylobacter spp. in New Zealand raw sheep liver and human campylobacteriosis cases - PubMed
• Forcemeat - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming Green Juice left in the car overnight in the winter.

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• Green Goodness® - Bolthouse Farms
• FAQs - Bolthouse Farms
• Botulism Associated with Commercial Carrot Juice — Georgia and Florida, September 2006
• 100% Carrot - Bolthouse Farms

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating corned beef left out for a couple of hours.

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• What is the term for a 750th anniversary in The AnswerBank: Phrases & Sayings
• Tony Hawk - Wikipedia
• LUCKY CHARMS - 60s 70s 80s 90s Commercials Compilation - YouTube
• Corned beef - Wikipedia
• No such thing as 'uncured' corned beef, Penn State meat expert says | Penn State University
• Curing (food preservation) - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating two week old cookie style lemon bars.

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• Easy Lemon Bar Cookies - Cambrea Bakes
• Recipes - Texas Cottage Food Law

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating butter that a mouse churned.

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• Richard Gere and the Gerbil | Snopes.com
• Two Little Mice Fell Into a Bucket of Cream Lesson
• Is it true that if you shake the creamer cups you get with coffee enough, they turn into butter? : r/NoStupidQuestions
• Fecal Shedding of Zoonotic Food-Borne Pathogens by Wild Rodents in a Major Agricultural Region of the Central California Coast - PMC
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, More Cowbell Season 1, Episode 2
• Annie Hall (8/12) Movie CLIP - Can I Confess Something? (1977) HD - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking in an oven with mouse droppings.

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• Mickey Mouse heads to the public domain
• HAPPY DAYS - "Fonzie Moves in Over the Cunninghams Garage" - The Fonz - YouTube
• Hantavirus Disease
• Hantavirus: What is disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife?
• Reported Cases of Hantavirus Disease | Hantavirus | CDC
• Applications of heat: Hantavirus

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating homemade nut butter containing honey.

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• Contamination of Nuts/Nut Butters | Food Safety
• Water Activity (aw) in Foods | FDA
• Water content, water activity, water structure and the stability of foodstuffs - ScienceDirect
• Influence of Water Activity on Foodborne Bacteria — A Review - ScienceDirect
• Water activity - Wikipedia
• T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Official Vinyl Video) - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks reusing pasta water that's been sitting out overnight.

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• NACCHO
• Bacillus sp. R2 α-amylase production optimization: Pasta cooking water as medium of amylase production | African Journal of Biotechnology
• Fatal Family Outbreak of Bacillus cereus-Associated Food Poisoning - PMC
• Predictive Model for Growth of Bacillus cereus at Temperatures Applicable to Cooling of Cooked Pasta - Juneja - 2019 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Microbiological Quality of Raw Dried Pasta from the German Market, with Special Emphasis on Cronobacter Species - Akineden - 2015 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of Bacillus cereus in foods - ScienceDirect
• A survey study on safety and microbial quality of "gluten-free" products made in Italian pasta factories - ScienceDirect
• The occurrence of Bacillus cereus in fast foods: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition: Vol 49, No 4
• Toxin producing Bacillus cereus persist in ready-to-reheat spaghetti Bolognese mainly in vegetative state - ScienceDirect
• Microbiological Quality of Filled Pasta in Relation to the Nature of Heat Treatment - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Superb Owl shrimp that's been out of temperature, refrigerated and reheated.

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• Watch the Football! ⚽ | That Mitchell and Webb Look - BBC - YouTube
• 2025 Super Bowl LIX Sunday - When, Where & More - NFL.com
• A comprehensive review of the spoilage of shrimp and advances in various indicators/sensors for shrimp spoilage monitoring - ScienceDirect
• FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov
• Food Lion Shrimp Ring, with Cocktail Sauce, Cooked Same-Day Delivery or Pickup | Food Lion

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from kissing a raven.

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• Ragnar raven in a lovely chatty and affectionate mood. | Raven Talking | TikTok
• Julie Andrews – My Favorite Things Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Elton John - Rocket Man (Official Music Video) - YouTube
• Salmonella ravens - Google Scholar
• Salmonella in Sheep in Iceland - PMC
• Prevalence, Characterization and Antibiotic Resistance of Salmonella Isolates in Large Corvid Species of Europe and North America Between 2010 and 2013 - Janecko - 2015 - Zoonoses and Public Health - Wiley Online Library
• Bacterial Diversity in Feces of Wild Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures and Common Ravens from the Pacific Northwest Coast, U.S.A | bioRxiv
• Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Lyrics) - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting a parrot stir you coffee with a spoon every day.

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• Pickle the barista birb loves to stir my coffee every morning : r/aww
• Salmonella | Cornell Wildlife Health Lab
• Psittacosis (Ornithosis) fact sheet
• Human Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Epidemic in Wild Songbirds, United States, 2020–2021 - Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
• Salmonella pet birds - Google Scholar
• Full article: Zoonotic potential and prevalence of Salmonella serovars isolated from pets
• Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Salmonella spp. in Fecal Samples of Pet Birds | Avian Diseases
• Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella spp. in Pet Mammals, Reptiles, Fish Aquarium Water, and Birds in Trinidad - Seepersadsingh - 2003 - Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B - Wiley Online Library
• Salmonella Newport outbreak in Brazilian parrots: confiscated birds from the illegal pet trade as possible zoonotic sources - Saidenberg - 2021 - Environmental Microbiology Reports - Wiley Online Library
• Zoonoses in pet birds: review and perspectives | Veterinary Research

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a dishwasher to wash a bird feeder.

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• Infectious Diseases of Garden Birds - Minimising the Risks - UFAW
• Outdoor Cleaning Products | Jeyes Fluid
• Method to Evaluate Factors Influencing the Microbial Reduction in Domestic Dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic
• Jeyes Fluid - Wikipedia
• John Jeyes - Wikipedia
• p-Chlorocresol - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by using a "snot sucker" with ones mouth.

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• NoseFrida the SnotSucker – Frida | The fuss stops here.
• NoseFrida: Winter Colds and Baby's Snot: A Better Way to Clear It Out • ItsaBelly Doulas
• Amazon.com : BABY-VAC Clinically Tested Baby Nasal Aspirator - Vacuum-Powered Nose Sucker with Suction Head & Cleaning Brush for Safe and Gentle Relief : Baby Bathing Products : Baby
• Comparing nasal suction devices in children with bronchiolitis: A pilot randomized control trial - Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families
• Nasal Suction Tip: Little Sucker® Nasal Tip - Neotech Products
• NoseFrida HYGIENE FILTERS – Frida | The fuss stops here.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a toddler placing chicken nuggets in their shoes.

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• SJ 🥥🌴💙 (@sjmcgriff)'s video of Kids TikTok Videos | TikTok
• Pitted keratolysis: an infective cause of foot odour - PMC
• Why Do Feet Stink? (for Kids) | Nemours KidsHealth

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Girl Scout Cookies

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• Girl Scouts of the USA
• Danger in the Dough: Unveiling the Toxic Contaminants in Girl Scout Cookies - GMOScience
• Questions and Answers on Glyphosate | FDA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using weekly laundered bath towel to dry hands after using the bathroom and before preparing food.

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• Why you probably aren't washing your towels often enough
• Bacterial Occurrence in Kitchen Hand Towels
• A Study of Bacterial Contaminants of Cloth and Paper Towels
• Quantifying the Effect of Hand Wash Duration, Soap Use, Ground Beef Debris, and Drying Methods on the Removal of Enterobacter aerogenes on Hands - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using water from a bedside glass to refill a humidifier.

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• Molecular analysis of single room humidifier bacteriology - ScienceDirect
• Severe neonatal legionellosis associated with use of home humidifiers – A case report - ScienceDirect
• Legionella - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
• A review of legionnaires' disease and public water systems – Scientific considerations, uncertainties and recommendations - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making riceballs in an armpit.

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• Human sweat-infused rice balls fashioned in the armpits of cute Japanese girls become unlikely culinary hit, at a price | South China Morning Post
• Sweat and Sebum Preferences of the Human Skin Microbiota | Microbiology Spectrum
• The Microbiota of the Human Skin | SpringerLink
• The effect of habitual and experimental antiperspirant and deodorant product use on the armpit microbiome [PeerJ]

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sun drying onions, ginger and garlic for 4 days.

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• Study the effect of sun, oven and microwave drying on quality of onion slices - ScienceDirect
• Effect of Drying Characteristics of Garlic
• Salmonella survival during thermal dehydration of fresh garlic and storage of dehydrated garlic products - PubMed
• Survival of common foodborne pathogens on dates, sundried tomatoes, and dried pluots at refrigerated and ambient temperatures - ScienceDirect
• Survival or Growth of Inoculated Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella on Yellow Onions (Allium cepa)under Conditions Simulating Food Service and Consumer Handling and Storage - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a strawberry that has fallen into a garbage disposal.

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• Brach's Candy Cinnamon Imperial Hearts
• Brach's Candy Tiny Conversation Hearts
• This time I DIDN'T train a neural net to generate candy hearts - AI Weirdness

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of slow cooling vegetarian chili.

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• FSIS Stabilization Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix B) December, 2021
• Cooling Uncovered Foods at a Depth of ∼5.1 cm (2 in.) or Less Poses Little Risk of Pathogen Growth - ScienceDirect
• FDA Food Code | FDA
• Cooling Rates of Chili Using Refrigerator, Blast Chiller, and Chill Stick Cooling Methods

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from sticking energy chews to a bike's frame for easy access.

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• Stewie Griffin - Wikipedia
• Energy Chews | Chewable Energy | GU Energy Labs
• Outbreak of Campylobacteriosis Associated with a Long-Distance Obstacle Adventure Race — Nevada, October 2012
• Campylobacteriosis outbreak associated with ingestion of mud during a mountain bike race - PubMed

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 | Cambridge Core
• Physicochemical and Bacteriological Characteristics of Organic Sprouted Chia and Flax Seed Powders Implicated in a Foodborne Salmonellosis Outbreak - ScienceDirect
• Voluntary Recall of Select Great Value Organic Black Chia Seeds Due to The Possible Presence of Salmonella | FDA
• US, Canadian authorities recall chia seed powder after Salmonella outbreak | Processing Magazine