Risky or Not?

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 review Techniques for inactivating Toxoplasma gondii oocysts: a systematic review
• The global serological prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in felids during the last five decades (1967–2017): a systematic review and meta-analysis | Parasites & Vectors | Full Text
• Detection of Toxoplasma gondii-like oocysts in cat feces and estimates of the environmental oocyst burden
• A review on inactivation methods of Toxoplasma gondii in foods - PMC

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

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 - ScienceDirect
• Cucumber Salad With Soy, Ginger and Garlic Recipe - NYT Cooking
• Paralysis—From Spurious Jamaica Ginger Extract -
• Triortho cresyl phosphate "Ginger Jake" disaster—United States,1930s - ScienceDirect

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

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 bathroom and room
• Evaluation of relationship between toothbrush keeping place and its microbial content - Repository of Research and Investigative Information
• Sheffield's Sweet Enough | Fizzy Drinks | Helpful Guides
• hum Adult Smart Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush - Colgate
• What's the Most Sanitary Way to Store Your Toothbrush? | SELF
• Use & Handling of Toothbrushes | FAQs | Infection Control | Division of Oral Health | CDC
• Draft Genome Sequence for Klebsiella michiganensis B199A, Originally Identified as Enterobacter aerogenes | Microbiology Resource Announcements
• Klebsiella michiganensis sp. nov., A New Bacterium Isolated from a Tooth Brush Holder | SpringerLink

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

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

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

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

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating mett, fresh from a butcher.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• haroldina on X: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman I interact with some Germans who are awfully excited about spreading raw pork on bread and calling it food. https://t.co/bKS6hM3SAB You did this with beef before, but is there some way to not risky just because "it's fresh from a butcher"? https://t.co/tnuWlMPr5r" / X
• Mett - Wikipedia
• Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods - Part 1: food attribution, analytical methods and indicators
• Hepatitis E virus and related viruses in wild, domestic and zoo animals: A review - Spahr - 2018 - Zoonoses and Public Health - Wiley Online Library
• Occurrence of Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs and Pork Cuts and Organs at the Time of Slaughter, Spain, 2017 - PMC
• Outbreaks attributed to pork in the United States, 1998–2015 - PMC
• X.J. Meng, MD, MS, PhD | Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine | Virginia Tech

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from attending 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Blue Ridge Rock Festival Attendees Plagued by Gastrointestinal Illness – Rolling Stone
• What's Going on With Blue Ridge Rock Fest? Venue Responds
• 512. Attending Burning Man 2023 — Risky or Not?
• Insane Clown Posse - Wikipedia
• Blue Ridge Rock Festival

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating vegetables grown in soil from an abandoned septic tank.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Always Be Closing - Glengarry Glen Ross (2/10) Movie CLIP (1992) HD - YouTube
• 506. Kids on Lawns Irrigated With Water Containing Pathogenic E. coli — Risky or Not?
• Jimmy Hoffa - Wikipedia
• R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Official Music Video) [British Version] - YouTube
• Night soil - Wikipedia
• Sources of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Their Fate during Land Application of Wastes - Gerba - 2005 - Journal of Environmental Quality - Wiley Online Library
• A History of Human Waste as Fertilizer - JSTOR Daily
• Septic System Abandonment | Public Health
• Norovirus Outbreak Caused by a New Septic System in a Dolomite Aquifer - Borchardt - 2011 - Groundwater - Wiley Online Library
• Full article: A review of the fate and transport of nitrogen, phosphorus, pathogens, and trace organic chemicals in septic systems
• Septic System Pollution Contributes to Disease Outbreaks - Circle of Blue
• Contamination of Groundwater Systems in the US and Canada by Enteric Pathogens, 1990–2013: A Review and Pooled-Analysis | PLOS ONE

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking horchata made from uncooked rice.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• National Horchata Day - September 24, 2023 - National Today
• Horchata - Wikipedia
• Horchata (Cinnamon Rice Milk) Recipe
• Sieve Chant | Wisconsin Badgers.)
• "How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?" | Know Your Meme
• Poisoning sends 38 Mexican kindergarteners to hospital | CNN
• Horchata | SpringerLink
• Thermal and non-thermal preservation techniques of tiger nuts' beverage "horchata de chufa". Implications for food safety, nutritional and quality properties - ScienceDirect
• Horchata Recipe
• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) | CDC
• Gym Tacos - Raleigh, NC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from foaming watermelon.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Patrick Quade on X: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter👋 Foaming, exploding watermelons, could be a good risky or not? It's blowing up on social media rn (had to). https://t.co/uc5J4jpfrP https://t.co/TBOSopy1e0" / X
• Why Are Watermelons Exploding or Foaming?
• Stephen Reiners | CALS
• Outbreaks Associated with Cantaloupe, Watermelon, and Honeydew in the United States, 1973–2011 - PMC
• TikTok - Make Your Day - Not Safe For Work

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a tomato off of a plant that grew from a seed that went through sewage treatment.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Marie on X: "@neorsd Okay I think this has to be asked @benjaminchapman @bugcounter I'm thinking the canonical question would be something like "eating a tomato off of a plant that grew from a seed that went through sewage treatment. #riskyornot ?" 💩 🍅" / X
• Internalization of Bacterial Pathogens in Tomatoes and Their Control by Selected Chemicals - ScienceDirect
• Internalization of Salmonella enterica by tomato fruit - ScienceDirect
• Effects of Tomato Variety, Temperature Differential, and Post–Stem Removal Time on Internalization of Salmonella enterica Serovar Thompson in Tomatoes - ScienceDirect
• Visualizing pathogen internalization pathways in fresh tomatoes using MicroCT and confocal laser scanning microscopy - ScienceDirect
• Internalization of Salmonella enterica serovar Montevideo into greenhouse tomato plants through contaminated irrigation water or seed stock - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of soda from soda dispenser that just harbored 12 flies.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• OB Cycler on X: "@alextwenzel question for risky or not @bugcounter @benjaminchapman ?" / X
• Coca-Cola Freestyle Home Page
• Pests We Treat - Dirty Soda Machine Causes Causes Fruit Fly Infestation in Morganville, NJ
• Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Tiny little bugs
• Soda Gun Gets Infested with Fruit Flies - YouTube
• Surface Sanitation and Microbiological Food Quality of a University Foodservice Operation - 1996 - Foodservice Research International - Wiley Online Library
• Understanding and Controlling Microbiological Contamination of Beverage Dispensers in University Foodservice Operations
• Cronut burger illnesses at CNE caused by maple bacon jam | CBC News

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of attending Burning Man 2023.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Extremely online - Wikipedia
• Burning Man
• Burning Man - Wikipedia
• Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
• Fyre Festival - Wikipedia
• False claim Ebola outbreak reported at Burning Man | Fact check
• Burning Man 2023: Bay Area doctor urging attendees to wash off mud as soon as possible to avoid skin infections - ABC7 New York
• Hundreds of Tough Mudder racers infected by rugged, nasty bacterium | Ars Technica
• Outbreak of Campylobacteriosis Associated with a Long-Distance Obstacle Adventure Race — Nevada, October 2012
• A large outbreak of antibiotic-resistant shigellosis at a mass gathering - PubMed
• Diplo and Chris Rock Ride Out of Burning Man on Pickup Truck

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of travelling on a plane with diarrhea in the aisle for 2 hours.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Joe Rogan - Wikipedia
• Passengers onboard diarrhea plane share ordeal
• Delta Flight Emergency From Passenger's Diarrhea: What Happened?
• Food Safety Talk 37: Inoculating the Plane — Food Safety Talk
• Where does A/C abbreviation for aircraft come from? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
• Diarrhea and vomit seats: Why planes are extremely gross right now - The Washington Post
• Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (Official Video) - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking kombucha which is diluted gradually over time.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Kombucha, Kefir, Coconut Yogurt, Adaptogenic Tea
• SYNERGY Raw Kombucha | GT's Living Foods

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by having nonalcoholic beer on tap.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Sage on X: "@OlympicTavern Risky or Not, @bugcounter @benjaminchapman?" / X
• Growth and Survival of Foodborne Pathogens in Beer - ScienceDirect
• Survival of Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria (Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, and Listeria monocytogenes) and Bacillus cereus Spores in Fermented Alcoholic Beverages (Beer and Refined Rice Wine) - ScienceDirect
• Sci-Hub | Pathogens in Beer. Beer in Health and Disease Prevention, 403–413 | 10.1016/b978-0-12-373891-2.00039-0
• lake effect kid on X: "@MarkLaFaro @bugcounter @benjaminchapman more context / input for a potential episode 👀" / X
• Mitch Steele (@MitchHopTripper) / X
• Mitch Steele - New Realm Brewing Co.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of microorganisms on watch wrist bands.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• What are the Scout Oath and Scout Law? | Boy Scouts of America
• Robot or Not | The Incomparable Wiki | Fandom
• Daring Fireball: Watch Bands Get Dirty, Headlines Get Clickbaity
• Prevalence and Disinfection of Bacteria Associated with Various Types of Wristbands
• Advances in Infectious Diseases Citefactor.org-Journal|Research Paper|Indexing|Impact factor
• List of all SCIRP predatory publications
• Is Frontiers Media a Predatory Publisher?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of mozzarella and Gouda cheese left in the rain for four hours.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Fresh Mozzarella Ball | Galbani Cheese
• Amazon.com: 365 by Whole Foods Market, Mozzarella Bar, 16 Ounce : Grocery & Gourmet Food
• Storage Temperatures Necessary to Maintain Cheese Safety - International Association for Food Protection

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting your kids play on a lawn 24 hours after that lawn has been irrigated with water containing pathogenic E. coli

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Justin Ekins on X: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter would it be #RiskyOrNot if my kids played on the lawn watered by this E. Coli contaminated water 24 hours after shutting off the sprinklers? https://t.co/5CKbLVELOd" / X
• More E. coli cases appear in Lehi; city taking steps to treat irrigation water | News, Sports, Jobs - Daily Herald
• Lehi City - Lehi City
• E. Coli Information - Lehi City
• Survival of Escherichia coli in the environment: fundamental and public health aspects - PMC
• Pressurized Irrigation - Lehi City

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing avocados in water in your refrigerator.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ (updated)

• Guacamole - Wikipedia
• Research Triangle Park | Where People + Ideas Converge
• neil chazin on X: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman is this actually risky at fridge temps (assuming your fridge is set properly)? https://t.co/J0dkvx3JnG" / X
• Avocado in Water Storage 'Hack' Isn't Safe. Here's What to Do Instead
• Internalization of Listeria monocytogenes in Whole Avocado - ScienceDirect
• Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in Avocado Pulp and Processed Guacamole - ScienceDirect
• Evaluation of Avocados as a Possible Source of Listeria monocytogenes Infections, United States, 2016 to 2019 - ScienceDirect
• Listeria monocytogenes Dose Response Revisited—Incorporating Adjustments for Variability in Strain Virulence and Host Susceptibility - Pouillot* - 2015 - Risk Analysis - Wiley Online Library
• Ice Ice Baby - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by the avocado cutting machine known as the Autocado.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Lee Katz @lskatz@mstdn.science on X: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter introducing the autocado, a new avocado cutting machine. #riskyornot? I feel like it would be risky unless there is a really good plan to clean it. Thinking of this FDA report too with all the contamination on the rinds. https://t.co/Fi0BDfDInv" / X
• Meet Chipotle's New Guacamole Robot, Autocado
• James Marsden | LinkedIn
• Kerry Bridges | LinkedIn
• You need to wash avocados, unless you want listeria
• Evaluation of Avocados as a Possible Source of Listeria monocytogenes Infections, United States, 2016 to 2019 - PubMed
• Internalization of Listeria monocytogenes in Whole Avocado - ScienceDirect
• Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in Avocado Pulp and Processed Guacamole - ScienceDirect
• Successful management of Listeria spp. in an avocado processing facility - ScienceDirect
• 334. Snacklebox — Risky or Not?
• The other James Marsden - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cracking an egg on your kids head.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• I know you have covered raw eggs many times on RoN - Twitter Search / X
• Egg crack😂 #eggcrack #eggprank #funny #baby #kid #kids #babies #fun #… | egg cracking prank | TikTok
• Risk Assessment for Salmonella Enteritidis in Eggs and Egg Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks eating food from the refrigerator when the power has been out for 40 hours.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Food Safety During Power Outage | FoodSafety.gov
• Emergency Action Plan for Retail Food Establishment | Conference-Developed Guides and Documents | Conference for Food Protection
• Ben Chapman on X: "@cathybrigham Do you have a thermometer to check the temp of foods? I'd say that by tomorrow the cooked food leftovers will be risky by tomorrow if you find that the food is in the 50s." / X
• NCSU Keep or toss Power Outage 2021
• Most Americans are not prepared to ensure food safety during power outages and other emergencies

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of picking your nose with respect to COVID-19 and other risks.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Why not to pick your nose: Association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers | PLOS ONE
• TWiV 1034: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | This Week in Virology
• Nose Picking and Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking raw chicken in a rice cooker.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Need an Idea for Easy Meal Prep? Make Dinner in Your Rice Cooker. - Eater
• I'm all about low effort dishes that taste amazing.. and this is one o… | Rice Cooker Recipes | TikTok
• 31: Rice Left in a Warming Rice Cooker Over Night — Risky or Not?
• USDA FSIS Appendix A
• Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / X
• Chicken Dry Curry | Zojirushi.com
• Rice Cooker Chicken and Soy Sauce Rice - Jasmine and Tea

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking raw chicken in a rice cooker.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Need an Idea for Easy Meal Prep? Make Dinner in Your Rice Cooker. - Eater
• I'm all about low effort dishes that taste amazing.. and this is one o… | Rice Cooker Recipes | TikTok
• 31: Rice Left in a Warming Rice Cooker Over Night — Risky or Not?
• USDA FSIS Appendix A
• Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / X
• Chicken Dry Curry | Zojirushi.com
• Rice Cooker Chicken and Soy Sauce Rice - Jasmine and Tea

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming canned chicken noodle soup without heating.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Bon Vivant Voluntarily Recalls All Vichyssoise From Dealers - The New York Times
• Acidified and Low-Acid Food Regulatory Requirements
• Better Process Control School - Consumer Brands Association
• Botulism Associated with Commercially Canned Chili Sauce — Texas and Indiana, July 2007
• Marie Antoinette - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming heavy cream from an unopened carton almost 3 weeks past it's expiration date.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• 🇺🇸 Bobby Blue Byrd 🇺🇦 on Twitter: "@pdnell @gastropoda What say you @bugcounter @benjaminchapman ? https://t.co/G4RrFHGOIN" / X
• Short communication: Bacterial ecology of high-temperature, short-time pasteurized milk processed in the United States - ScienceDirect
• Sudden Death of a Young Adult Associated with Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning - PMC
• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC
• Don's Milk Shelf Life Article

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of blanching corn in the dishwasher prior to freezing.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• HAPPY IN HORTON: this may sound "CORNY" to you….
• Food Safety Talk 198: Very Old Molasses (with Rachael Jackson) — Food Safety Talk
• Safety Data Sheet Jet Dry
• NTP Technical Report on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Technical Grade Sodium Xylenesulfonate
• Microwave Corn on the Cob in Husk - No Messy Silk! - The Dinner-Mom

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making porridge with frozen berries in the microwave.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• 122. Frozen Berry Smoothies — Risky or Not?
• Estimation of Bacteriophage MS2 Inactivation Parameters During Microwave Heating of Frozen Strawberries - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from wearing gloves without washing your hands first.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Glove Barriers to Bacterial Cross-Contamination between Hands to Food - ScienceDirect
• Evaluation of glove type on survival and transfer of Escherichia coli in model systems and during hand harvesting of lettuce - Zhao - 2021 - JSFA reports - Wiley Online Library
• 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
• FDA Food Code | FDA
• Hand Washing & Glove Use for Food Workers - Questions and Answers
• Money and transmission of bacteria | Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control | Full Text
• Merlin Mann coined, or at least heavily uses the phrase "turns out journalism" w… | Hacker News

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from visting a fish market.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "Visiting a fish market, #RiskyorNot @benjaminchapman?" / X
• 290. Yeeting a Real Fish Into a Crowd — Risky or Not?
• Best in Show (4/11) Movie CLIP - Naming Nuts (2000) HD - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from making a baked potato in a slow cooker without added water.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia
• Food Talk, UGA SNAP-Ed on Twitter: "Easily make slow-cooker baked potatoes, no water needed. 1. clean potato, 2. Season with olive oil, salt, and pepper, 3. Place potatoes on LOW for 6-8 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours. Add chives and greek yogurt (a low-fat, high-protein substitute for sour cream). https://t.co/fVBGUFf4dM" / X
• Slow cookers and food safety | UMN Extension
• Counting-out game - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking potatoes cooked in a smoker.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Tastee Sub Shop · Apple Maps
• Tastee Freez - The Original Soft Serve Ice Cream
• What was the Double E Warren Zevon referred to?
• Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Restaurant-Associated Type a Botulism: Transmission by Potato Salad | American Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic
• Conservative prediction of time to Clostridium botulinum toxin formation for use with time-temperature indicators to ensure the safety of foods - PubMed
• Sleater-Kinney
• Parameters Determining Inoculated Pack Challenge Study

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pizza made from refrigerated thawed frozen pizza dough stored for at least 2 weeks in the fridge.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Validation of baking as a kill-step for controlling Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli during traditional crust pizza baking process - PMC
• Frozen pizza suspected in 10-state E coli outbreak | CIDRAP
• Investigation of Outbreak of Human Infections Caused by E. coli O157:H7 | E. coli CDC
• Survival and growth of foodborne bacterial pathogens in fermenting dough of wadi, a legume-based indigenous food - PMC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating dim sum from bamboo steamer.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Dim sum - Wikipedia
• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC
• After the pandemic left them empty, dim sum restaurants are bustling once again : NPR
• No need to clean bamboo steamer
• Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dim Sum Chain in Shanghai – Thatsmags.com
• Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight - YouTube
• Nearly 100 People Sickened After Attending Philadelphia Banquet | Food Safety News
• IAFP meeting Tampa 2017

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating boiled freshwater mussels from Lake Winnisquam, New Hampshire

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Lake Winnipesaukee - Wikipedia
• Lake Winnisquam - Wikipedia
• Advisories | NH Department of Environmental Services
• Healthy Swimming Mapper | NH Department of Environmental Services
• FAQs | NH Department of Environmental Services
• Healthy Swimming Mapper
• FRI Cyanobacteria Toxins Aug 2011

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks four year old blackberry freezer jam which may have been temperature abused.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• KathleenS on Twitter: "Eating this seems like a surefire way to end up seriously ill and featured in an episode of @chubbyemu But I'm no scientist. What say you @bugcounter @benjaminchapman #RiskyOrNot https://t.co/UjpgyUQAzm" / Twitter
• National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Jam and Jelly
• Blackberry Freezer Jam - Recipe Girl
• Effects of blackberry juice on growth inhibition of foodborne pathogens and growth promotion of Lactobacillus - ScienceDirect
• Chubbyemu (@chubbyemu) / Twitter

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a food that a cat has smelled.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Melon and Finn (@melon.n.finn) | TikTok
• 115. Cats in the Kitchen — Risky or Not?
• 269. Cat Licked Cake — Risky or Not?
• What was the first Beatles song over three minutes in length? - BeatlesTrivia.com
• 65 Beatles songs in under 3 minutes - YouTube
• Billy Joel- The Entertainer HD - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making baby back ribs in your hotel room with a hair drier and a pillow case.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Chef Reactions on Twitter: "We will never break the chain (of custody) https://t.co/8iSmYz59Ep" / Twitter

Explicit tag because Chef Reactions curses.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making a fermented pineapple drink called tepache de piña.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• ★metal★matt★ @mattorantimatt@mstdn.social on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Tepache de piña #riskyornot (or maybe more specifically how can I ensure I do this safely) https://t.co/aqCseSbDAo" / Twitter
• Pineapple Tepache Recipe (With Variations)
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of wiping lime juice on your skin when in the sun.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of opening a beverage with a snapping turtle.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a chopped salad from Portillo's while pregnant.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Salads | Portillo's
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating guacamole that is sparking.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Andy Hamilton on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman 4th of July firework sals? #riskyornot" / Twitter
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making homemade halloumi with fresh raw milk.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Halloumi cheese: the product and its characteristics - PAPADEMAS - 1998 - International Journal of Dairy Technology - Wiley Online Library
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