473. Splenda

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by the sweetener Splenda based on a recent research study from North Carolina State University.

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

• NC study discovers chemical in common sweetener damages DNA, can cause cancer
• Chemical Found in Common Sweetener Damages DNA | NC State News
• Toxicological and pharmacokinetic properties of sucralose-6-acetate and its parent sucralose: in vitro screening assays - PubMed
• Susan Schiffman » Electrical and Computer Engineering
• An overview of the safety of sucralose - PubMed
• (Sucralose revisited: Rebuttal of two papers about Splenda safety
• Aspartame and Other Sweeteners in Food | FDA
• Statement on the validity of the conclusions of a mouse carcinogenicity study on sucralose (E 955) performed by the Ramazzini Institute | EFSA
• Sucralose administered in feed, beginning prenatally through lifespan, induces hematopoietic neoplasias in male swiss mice - PubMed
• Call for technical data on sucralose (E 955) | EFSA

472. Rutgers University Fraternities

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of being in Rutgers University fraternities because of some data shared on Reddit.

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

• I swabbed every single fraternity on campus and this is the result. : r/rutgers

471. Sink Pasta

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks draining pasta in your sink instead of a colander.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• AITA for not eating sink pasta? : r/AmItheAsshole
• Reduction of faecal coliform, coliform and heterotrophic plate count bacteria in the household kitchen and bathroom by disinfection with hypochlorite cleaners | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic
• Mapping the Kitchen Microbiota in Five European Countries Reveals a Set of Core Bacteria across Countries, Kitchen Surfaces, and Cleaning Utensils | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Meal Preparation Experiment Related to Poultry Washing

470. Recalled Cold Brew Coffee With a Bolt

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking cold brew coffee that was recalled because of a missing bolt.

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

• Blame Canada - South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (3/9) Movie CLIP (1999) HD - YouTube
• 2.7 Million Cans of Coffee Sold at Costco Recalled — Best Life
• ‎Costco Recall notice

469. Marinated Feta in a Jar

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks consuming marinated feta (with garlic) in oil in a jar bought at a farmers market.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Certified Food Scientist | CIFST
• Overview of Food Ingredients, Additives & Colors | FDA
• FRESHFARM on Instagram: “It's time to praise the CHEESE 🧀 January 20 is NATIONAL CHEESE LOVERS DAY! Did you know that you could stock up on cheese at your…”
• Amazon.com: Customer Questions & Answers
• Amazon.com: Danish Feta In Oil and Spices (Apetina) 9.7 oz (275g) : Grocery & Gourmet Food
• Danish Feta with Olives In Oil and Spices (Apetina) 3.1 lb – Parthenon Foods
• Arla Apetina Feta Cheese in Oil with Herbs & Spices, 9.7 oz - Kroger

468. One Sip of Opened 16 Hour Unrefrigerated Fruit and Veggie Blend

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks to a child from taking one sip from an open and unrefrigerated container of fruit and veggie blend after 16 hours.

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

• Job-Aid, Time and Temperature Control for Safety Foods
• OhMyMega Veggie! | Once Upon a Farm

467. Rich's Hard Boiled Eggs (With Bra Egg Bonus)

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming hard boiled eggs stored for five hours at room temperature or for a similar but undetermined amount of time in a bra.

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

• Off Menu Podcast
• History and applications - The discoverers of calculus
• 210. Air cooled hard boiled eggs at room temperature — Risky or Not?

466. Drinking From a Wine Spit Bucket

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drink wine from a spit bucket like in the movie Sideways.

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

• Sideways (2004) - IMDb
• Thomas Haden Church - Wikipedia
• Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PMC

465. Kurtis's Puffy Sausage

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming frozen sausage that had gas formation in the freezer.

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

• Tarantino Mild Italian Sausage, 20 Links, 5 lbs | Costco
• Why is my sausage package puffed up? – Eating Expired
• (13) Jimmy Dean - Posts | Facebook
• Ground beef package bloated/blown in freezer but normal when purchased? : r/Cooking
• Woman explains why you should never eat food products from packet that's not flat - Mirror Online

464. Veronica's Puffy Tofu

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming frozen tofu that had gas formation in the freezer.

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

• Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / Twitter
• Tofu balloon. Any have this issue? : r/aldi
• If You See Bloated Food Packaging, This Is What It Means | Taste of Home
• I HAVE SOME BAGS OF FROZEN VEGETABLES THAT HAVE EXPANDED SINCE I BOUGHT THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN FROZEN THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT NOW THEY ARE SO FULL OF AIR THAT I CAN'T SQUEEZE THEM. IS THIS A PROBLEM? - Have A Plant

463. Homemade Cookie Dough Left Out Overnight at Room Temperature

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cookies made with homemade cookie dough left out overnight at room temperature.

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

• How to Make a Safe, Ready-to-Eat Cookie Dough
• Appendix E: Water Activity Values of Select Food Ingredients and Products - Water Activity in Foods - Wiley Online Library
• ComBase

462. Doing the Norwex Raw Chicken Demo

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from licking a plate that had raw chicken juice on it and was only cleaned with Norwex.

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

• The Norwex Raw Chicken Demo - YouTube
• Microfiber Science PWS | Norwex USA
• Microfiber Testing PWS | Norwex USA
• Norwex Home - Premium Microfiber & Sustainable Cleaning Products | Norwex USA
• The change in prevalence of Campylobacter on chicken carcasses during processing: A systematic review - ScienceDirect
• Baseline Data Young Chicken 2007-2008

461. Foods Cooked in the Outdoors by 12 to 14 Year Old Scouts

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food cooked in the outdoors by 12 to 14 year old Scouts.

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

• Wood Badge - Wikipedia
• Cooking Merit Badge | Boy Scouts of America
• Keeping Your Food Safe | Boy Scouts of America
• What Merit Badges are required for the Eagle Scout rank? | Boy Scouts of America

460. That One Green Potato Chip

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating that one green potato chip in the bag.

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

• Toxic Glycoalkaloids in Potatoes
• Nugget of Knowledge: Green potato chips | WYTV
• This is how poisonous green crisps are - and why you still find them in your packet - Mirror Online
• Horrific Tales of Potatoes That Caused Mass Sickness and Even Death | Arts & Culture| Smithsonian Magazine
• Potential Food Safety Problems Related to New Uses of Biotechnology - Biotechnology and the Food Supply - NCBI Bookshelf
• The Contents of Potato Glycoalkaloid in Potato Chips and the Effects on the Taste | Semantic Scholar

459. AI-Generated Recipes

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating foods from AI-generated recipes.

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

• The What, Why, and How of AI-Generated Recipes Using ChatGPT - Deepgram Blog ⚡️
• Evaluating food safety risk messages in popular cookbooks | Emerald Insight
• ‎Safe Recipe Styleguide
• Google Translate for Eet smakelijk

458. Pasta in the Woods in New Jersey

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pasta found in the woods in New Jersey.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• A New Jersey Mystery: Who Dumped Hundreds of Pounds of Pasta, and Why? - The New York Times
• New Jersey neighbors find source of mystery pasta piles - YouTube
• Pine Barrens | VisitNJ.org
• NJ’s Pasta-Gate Solved? - New Jersey Digest
• Pine Barrens (The Sopranos) - Wikipedia)
• Steve Buscemi - Wikipedia
• Why Pine Barrens Is the Best Sopranos Episode
• Fatal Family Outbreak of Bacillus cereus-Associated Food Poisoning - PMC
• Sudden Death of a Young Adult Associated with Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning - PMC

457. Cooking With Molten Glass or Metal

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking food using molten glass or metal.

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

• Mr Forge (@mrforge_) | TikTok
• Is It Safe To Heat Canned Food In The Can?
• 254. Do It Yourself Pizza Oven — Risky or Not?
• 155. Lava Pizza — Risky or Not?
• (5) Mike Batz on Twitter: "My first thought was that lava smoke must have some nasty crap in it, but I'm gonna need the experts to chime in... Hey @benjaminchapman @bugcounter is cooking on lava #riskyornot" / Twitter
• Blacksmithing At Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
• Cooking Over Molten Glass • Coastal Lifestyle Magazine

456. Pepper Shakers at a Restaurant

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a pepper shaker at a restaurant.

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

• 449. Pepper Mill Over a Pot — Risky or Not?
• Why You Shouldn't Use the Pepper Shakers at a Restaurant | The Healthy
• Dirty Restaurant Secrets the Kitchen Crew Won't Tell You
• Restaurant Safety Boosted With New Sani Shaker No-Contact Salt & Pepper Shakers
• Here's the Dirtiest Thing on Restaurant Tables | Reader's Digest

455. Super Sweaty Celebrity Chefs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food made by a super sweaty celebrity chef.

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

• The Microbiology of the Human Axilla and Its Relationship to Axillary Odor - ScienceDirect
• Sweat and Sebum Preferences of the Human Skin Microbiota | Microbiology Spectrum
• Outbreaks Where Food Workers Have Been Implicated in the Spread of Foodborne Disease. Part 5. Sources of Contamination and Pathogen Excretion from Infected Persons - ScienceDirect

454. Mammoth Meatballs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meatballs made using mammoth (and elephant) DNA.

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

• Company Serves World's First 'Mammoth' Meatball, But Nobody Is Allowed to Eat It : ScienceAlert
• Why Are Some Proteins Allergens? | Toxicological Sciences | Oxford Academic
• Current Understanding of Food Allergens - LEHRER - 2002 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - Wiley Online Library
• FDA says tara flour was likely behind illnesses tied to Daily Harvest crumbles | Food Safety News
• Ethnozoology of bushmeat
• Botswana has 'significant elephant-poaching problem,' conservation group says