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PODCAST

Risky or Not?

Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman

Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

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All Episodes

16:08

747. Cooking in an Oven With Mouse Droppings

Risky or Not? ·

2025/03/19

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

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08:13

746. Homemade Nut Butter Containing Honey

Risky or Not? ·

2025/03/17

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) -

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11:54

745. Reusing Pasta Water That's Been Sitting Out...

Risky or Not? ·

2025/03/14

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

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10:00

744. Superb Owl Shrimp That's Been Out of...

Risky or Not? ·

2025/03/12

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

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11:57

743. Kissing a Raven

Risky or Not? ·

2025/03/10

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

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13:04

742. Stirring Your Coffee With "Pickle" the Barista...

Risky or Not? ·

2025/03/07

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

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12:56

741. Using a Dishwasher to Wash a Bird Feeder

Risky or Not? ·

2025/03/05

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

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15:29

740. Using a "Snot Sucker" With Ones Mouth

Risky or Not? ·

2025/03/03

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

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12:53

739. Nugget Shoes

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/28

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

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18:21

738. Girl Scout Cookies

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/26

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

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08:43

737. Using a Bath Towel (Laundered Weekly) to Dry...

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/24

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

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08:32

736. Reusing Old Sleep-Water in Cold Humidifiers

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/21

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

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10:22

735. Armpit Riceballs

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/19

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

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18:07

734. Sun Drying Onions, Ginger and Garlic for 4 Days

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/17

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

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14:03

733. Ben's Garbage Disposal Strawberry

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/14

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

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22:53

732. Don's Slow Cooling Veggie Chili

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/12

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

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06:44

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

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/10

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

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13:01

730. Accidentally Eating Some Seeds or Sprouts From a...

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/07

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

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18:59

729. Eating Raw Milk Gouda Cheese in an Unregulated...

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/05

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

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12:10

728. Using Stale Bread in Brown Sugar

Risky or Not? ·

2025/02/03

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

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