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Ep 777777. Eating Deviled Eggs Made From Home-Canned, Split Open Hard-Boiled Eggs

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

May 28, 202518 min

Ep 776776. Eating a Half Eaten Candy Bar After the Pandemic

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

May 26, 202518 min

Ep 775775. Coin in Cup for Freezer Safety After Power Outages

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using the coin in cup for freezer safety tip after power outages. Fedica text: Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 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

May 23, 202513 min

Ep 774774. Room Temperature Candied Lemon Peels

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from storing candied lemon peels at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

May 21, 202511 min

Ep 773773. Single Cup Hotel Coffee Makers

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using hotel single cup coffee makers. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

May 19, 202513 min

Ep 772772. Reusing Bench Flour

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from reusing bench flour. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

May 16, 20259 min

Ep 771771. Eating Steaks Flipped With Licked Bare Hands

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating steaks flipped by someone who has licked their bare hands before flipping. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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?

May 14, 202510 min

Ep 770770. Consuming Dairy Products Given Cuts to FDA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming dairy products given recent cuts to FDA Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

May 12, 202518 min

Ep 769769. Onion and Shallot Black Mold

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from onions and/or shallots with black mold. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

May 9, 20258 min

Ep 768768. Putting on Gloves Without Washing Your Hands

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

May 7, 202517 min

Ep 767767. Eating and Drinking at Nudist Bar

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks eating and drinking at nudist bar. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 9: Barefoot Kitchen Staff — Risky or Not? List of social nudity places in North America - Wikipedia

May 5, 202510 min

Ep 766766. Room Temperature Overnight Oats

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

May 2, 202519 min

Ep 765765. Big Open Spoiled Jar of Canned Peaches at Room Temperature

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. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 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

Apr 30, 202519 min

Ep 764764. Canned Pineapple From a Gray Container

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned pineapple from a container that's turned gray on the inside. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Apr 28, 202517 min

Ep 763763. Yogurt or Cottage Cheese Directly Out of the Container

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from repeatedly eating yogurt or cottage cheese directly out of the container. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Apr 25, 20259 min

Ep 762762. Garlic Yogurt Dip 10 Days Post Making, Just Prior to Surgery

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating garlic yogurt dip 10 days post making, just prior to surgery. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Opinion on leveling kits ? : r/ToyotaTacoma Garlic Aroma That Could Level Tacoma question : r/Zappa BEST of Tacoma, WA Garlic Knots - Yelp

Apr 23, 202511 min

Ep 761761. Cleaning the Fridge With Water Only

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cleaning refrigerator shelves using water only. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Apr 21, 202510 min

Ep 760760. Eggs Recalled for Salmonella

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating eggs recalled for Salmonella. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Apr 18, 202512 min

Ep 759759. Big Open Jar of Canned Peaches at Room Temperature

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating peaches from big open jar of canned peaches kept at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Apr 16, 202516 min

Ep 758758. Reusing Plastic Drinking Water Jugs Without Washing

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from reusing plastic drinking water jugs without washing. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Apr 14, 202518 min

Ep 757757. Rusty Can Opener

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?

Apr 11, 202522 min

Ep 756756. Apples Bitten by Stink Bugs

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

Apr 9, 202511 min

Ep 755755. Reusable Straws

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

Apr 7, 202526 min

Ep 754754. Reusing a Hot Chocolate Milk Spoon

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

Apr 4, 202521 min

753. Re-Heating Leftovers Indefinitely and the Lasagna of Theseus

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of re-heating leftovers indefinitely and the lasagna of Theseus. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Apr 2, 202511 min

Ep 752752. Frozen Sliced Liver From the Last Century

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating frozen sliced liver from the last century. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Mar 31, 20258 min

Ep 751751. Leaving Green Juice in the Car Overnight in the Winter

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming Green Juice left in the car overnight in the winter. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Green Goodness® - Bolthouse Farms FAQs - Bolthouse Farms Botulism Associated with Commercial Carrot Juice — Georgia and Florida, September 2006 100% Carrot - Bolthouse Farms

Mar 28, 202515 min

Ep 750750. Corned Beef Left Out for a Couple of Hours

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating corned beef left out for a couple of hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Mar 26, 202513 min

Ep 749749. Two Week Old Cookie Style Lemon Bars

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating two week old cookie style lemon bars. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Easy Lemon Bar Cookies - Cambrea Bakes Recipes - Texas Cottage Food Law

Mar 24, 202513 min

Ep 748748. Butter That a Mouse Churned

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

Mar 21, 202510 min

Ep 747747. Cooking in an Oven With Mouse Droppings

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking in an oven with mouse droppings. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Mar 19, 202516 min

Ep 746746. Homemade Nut Butter Containing Honey

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating homemade nut butter containing honey. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Mar 17, 20258 min

Ep 745745. Reusing Pasta Water That's Been Sitting Out Overnight

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

Mar 14, 202511 min

Ep 744744. Superb Owl Shrimp That's Been Out of Temperature, Refrigerated and Reheated

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Superb Owl shrimp that's been out of temperature, refrigerated and reheated. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Mar 12, 202510 min

Ep 743743. Kissing a Raven

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

Mar 10, 202511 min

Ep 742742. Stirring Your Coffee With "Pickle" the Barista Bird Daily

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting a parrot stir you coffee with a spoon every day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Mar 7, 202513 min

Ep 741741. Using a Dishwasher to Wash a Bird Feeder

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a dishwasher to wash a bird feeder. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Mar 5, 202512 min

Ep 740740. Using a "Snot Sucker" With Ones Mouth

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

Mar 3, 202515 min

Ep 739739. Nugget Shoes

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a toddler placing chicken nuggets in their shoes. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Feb 28, 202512 min

Ep 738738. Girl Scout Cookies

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Girl Scout Cookies Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Girl Scouts of the USA Danger in the Dough: Unveiling the Toxic Contaminants in Girl Scout Cookies - GMOScience Questions and Answers on Glyphosate | FDA

Feb 26, 202516 min

Ep 737737. Using a Bath Towel (Laundered Weekly) to Dry Hands After Using the Bathroom and Before Preparing Food

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

Feb 24, 20258 min

Ep 736736. Reusing Old Sleep-Water in Cold Humidifiers

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using water from a bedside glass to refill a humidifier. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Feb 21, 20258 min

Ep 735735. Armpit Riceballs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making riceballs in an armpit. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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]

Feb 19, 202510 min

Ep 734734. Sun Drying Onions, Ginger and Garlic for 4 Days

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

Feb 17, 202518 min

Ep 733733. Ben's Garbage Disposal Strawberry

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a strawberry that has fallen into a garbage disposal. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Feb 14, 202514 min

Ep 732732. Don's Slow Cooling Veggie Chili

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of slow cooling vegetarian chili. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Feb 12, 202522 min

731. Sticking Energy Chews to a Bike's Frame for Easy Access

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from sticking energy chews to a bike's frame for easy access. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 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

Feb 10, 20256 min

Ep 730730. Accidentally Eating Some Seeds or Sprouts From a Chia Pet

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

Feb 7, 202513 min

Ep 729729. Eating Raw Milk Gouda Cheese in an Unregulated Brazilian Facility

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks that Ben faced when eating raw milk gouda cheese in an unregulated Brazilian facility. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Food Safety Talk NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission Agricultural Leadership Development Program | NC State Extension Gouda Recipe | Cheese Maker Recipes | Cheese Making Supply Enumeration of Escherichia coli O157 in Outbreak-Associated Gouda Cheese Made with Raw Milk - ScienceDirect Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Aged Raw Milk Gouda Cheese, Canada, 2013 - ScienceDirect Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Associated with In-Store Sampling of an Aged Raw-Milk Gouda Cheese, 2010 - ScienceDirect Escherichia coli O121 outbreak associated with raw milk Gouda-like cheese in British Columbia, Canada, 2018 - PMC Microbiological Safety of Various Gouda Cheeses Produced from Raw Milk

Feb 5, 202518 min

Ep 728728. Using Stale Bread in Brown Sugar

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using using stale bread to keep brown sugar moist. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Brown Sugar Saver | King Arthur Baking Company The Pioneer Woman Terracotta Sugar Saver at Walmart - Where to Buy Ree Drummond's Brown Sugar Savers How to Soften Brown Sugar | Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods

Feb 3, 202512 min