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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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16:48

647. Not Washing Hands After Pooping

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/29

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not washing hands after pooping. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Poop in My Fingernails - YouTube O. Pete Snyder, food safety rock star | barfblog IAFP 2024 program book Wirecutter: New Product Reviews, Deals, and Buying Advice After I defecate and attempt to wipe, there’s never anything on the toilet paper. This has been going on for weeks now. Is this normal? - Quora Scientific Evidence Supports

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13:03

646. Taking Your Coffee Cup Into the Bathroom With You

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/26

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from taking your coffee cup into the bathroom with you while pooping. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? 645. Eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe — Risky or Not? Barenaked Ladies – Never Is Enough Lyrics | Genius Lyrics 395. Open Dippin’ Dots in a Sporting Event Bathroom Stall — Risky or Not? Here’s What Really Happens When You Flush a Toilet | Smithsonian R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts (Official HD Music Video) -

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13:27

645. Eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/24

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe (that’s in Canada). Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bob and Doug McKenzie - Wikipedia O Canada - Wikipedia Toe Beans Cat Cafe - Eat, Drink, Adopt, Repeat Food | Toe Beans Cat Cafe - Eat, Drink, Adopt, Repeat Zoonotic Disease: What Can I Catch from My Cat? | Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine cat - Risky or Not? Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit Merch —

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16:02

644. Vacuum Packed Cheddar at Room Temperature for 24...

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/22

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vacuum packaged cheddar cheese stored for 24 hours at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Urban Dictionary: I Do Declare CDPH Testing Confirms Botulism Linked to Nacho Cheese Sauce Consensus categorization of cheese based on water activity and pH—A rational approach to systemizing cheese diversity - ScienceDirect Evaluation of Factors Involved in Antibotulinal Properties of Pasteurized

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20:35

643. Drinking an Unknown Liquid Found in a Bottle at Sea

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/19

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking from a bottle with unknown contents found at sea. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Merch — Risky or Not? Apple News+ - Apple Five Fishermen Dead After Drinking from Bottles Found at Sea Bodies of fishermen who died after drinking from bottle found in sea brought to Tangalle Five Fishermen Dead After Drinking from Bottles Found at Sea Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea ChatGPT on Finding Alcohol in the Ocean At

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12:19

642. Watery Honey

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/17

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from honey that diluted with water by 25%. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? On the nature of the relationship between water activity and % moisture in honey - ScienceDirect Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure on Salmonella Inoculated into Creamy Peanut Butter with Modified Composition - ScienceDirect 400. Simple Syrup Stored at Room Temperature — Risky or Not?

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13:08

641. Using a Dishwasher With a Failing Heating Element

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/15

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a dishwasher with a failing heating element. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? dishwasher - Risky or Not? The survival of foodborne pathogens during domestic washing-up and subsequent transfer onto washing-up sponges, kitchen surfaces and food - ScienceDirect Integrated model for the prediction of cleaning profiles inside an automatic dishwasher - ScienceDirect Manual dishwashing habits: an

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16:04

640. Using a Sink That's Been Used to Wash a Stadium Mop

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/12

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing your hands in a sink used for washing a stadium mop. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Vomiting as a Symptom and Transmission Risk in Norovirus Illness: Evidence from Human Challenge Studies | PLOS ONE The handwash station: friend or fiend? - ScienceDirect Handwashing sinks as the source of transmission of ST16 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, an international high-risk clone, in an intensive care unit -

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19:38

639. Nate's Meat Diet Cast Iron Pan Grease

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/10

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing grease after cooking in a cast iron pan. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Foodborne Botulism – Illinois Heat Inactivation Rates of Botulinum Toxins a, B, E and F in Some Foods and Buffers - Woodburn - 1979 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library The Wire: to evacuate - YouTube

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10:31

638. Using the Pot My Roommate Boils Her Diva Cup In

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/08

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a pot used to boil a menstrual cup. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? bill quoted on X: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Here’s a fun one: https://t.co/bDNohMNhQK Using the pot my roommate boils her diva cup in, risky or not™?” / X Roommate boils diva cup then leaves the water : r/mildlyinfuriating Are Menstrual Cups Safe? How They Work, Pros and Cons

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13:33

637. Holding Sushi Rice for 4 Hours and Then...

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/05

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding sushi rice for 4 hours and then refrigerating for later consumption. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Association of Food and Drug Officials – Many perspectives, one voice, since 1896. Time as the Public Health Control, Porter County Indiana Acidification of Sushi Rice for Food Safety Snohomish County, Washington Predictive model for growth of Bacillus cereus during cooling of cooked rice -

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11:37

636. Brewing Tea in Nacho Cheese

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/03

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brewing tea in nacho cheese. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Foodborne Botulism Outbreak Associated With Commercial Nacho Cheese Sauce From a Gas Station Market - PubMed Foodborne Botulism Outbreak Associated With Commercial Nacho Cheese Sauce From a Gas Station Market | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Tea in Nacho Cheese

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11:50

635. Eating 3-Day-Old Fast Food Chicken Tacos

Risky or Not? ·

2024/07/01

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating properly refrigerated 3-day-old fast food chicken tacos. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia Who Has The Worst Fast Food Leftovers? - YouTube FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov

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12:34

634. Before the 5th Inning Baseball Hotdog

Risky or Not? ·

2024/06/28

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a hotdog at a baseball game before the 5th inning. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Bad Religion (logo) | The Answer | The Bad Religion Page - Since 1995 Chatham Anglers | The Chatham Athletic Association | Cape Cod Baseball League Pawtucket Red Sox - Wikipedia Worcester Red Sox | MiLB.com

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22:51

633. Mailbox Lasagne

Risky or Not? ·

2024/06/26

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making lasagna in your mailbox. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Anybody remember laughter? Merch — Risky or Not? Kevin Budnik Tennessee Weatherman Shares Recipe for “Mailbox Lasagna” If I see a whole lasagna in the mailbox I’m taking it : r/USPS Special Delivery: Mailbox Lasagna - BitterSweet

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11:56

632. Eating a Food Recalled for Misbranding if You...

Risky or Not? ·

2024/06/24

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a food recalled for misbranding if you are not allergic to any of the ingredients Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Sage on X: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Just curious, assuming you’re not allergic to eggs, why does FSIS consider this so risky they need to be discarded? Is it because it was such a monumental lapse in QC that they’re hedging for other issues? https://t.co/SU0aOtSuiH https://t.co/LtUxW34tS0” / X

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12:11

631. Thawing a Whole Turkey in a Hot Garage Twice

Risky or Not? ·

2024/06/21

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks thawing a whole turkey in a hot garage twice. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in US Meat and Poultry - PMC Thawing at Ambient Temperature on the Counter - O. P. Snyder

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14:40

630. Eating at a New York City Restaurant With a "C"...

Risky or Not? ·

2024/06/19

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating at a New York City restaurant with a “C” rating. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Gallaghers Steakhouse has been a staple of New York’s Theater District since 1927. Some believe, to this day, it rivals other famous New… | Instagram Restaurant Grading System - Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center ABCEats-Restaurants John Roderick (@johnroderick) • Instagram photos and videos

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13:50

629. Picking Up Dog Poop Using a Composable Bag

Risky or Not? ·

2024/06/17

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from picking up dog poop using a composable bag. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Amazon.com : Earth Rated Dog Poop Bags, Guaranteed Leak Proof and Extra Thick Waste Bag Refill Rolls For Dogs, Unscented, 120 Count : Pet Waste Bags : Pet Supplies Amazon.com: Doggy Do Good Poop Bags | Dog Waste Bags | Unscented, 38% Vegetable-Based, Thick & Leak Proof, Easy Open | Standard Size | 60 Count : Pet Supplies Amazon.com: BioBag (USA),

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17:08

628. Washing Produce in the Dishwasher

Risky or Not? ·

2024/06/14

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing produce in the dishwasher. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Pamela N. Martinez Person Detail Home | New Mexico State University | BE BOLD. Shape the Future. Instagram video by Lara • Jun 3, 2024 at 12:35 PM dishwasher - Risky or Not? Do Dishwashers Use Hot Water or Heat Their Own? | Maytag Dishwashers as an Extreme Environment of Potentially Pathogenic Yeast Species - PMC 90. Dishwasher Seals — Risky or Not

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