481. Eating Chopped Salad From Portillo’s While Pregnant

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
• People at Risk: Pregnant Women | FoodSafety.gov
• Quantitative Assessment of Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods | FDA
• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC
• Listeria monocytogenes in Gorgonzola: subtypes, diversity and persistence over time - PubMed
• Listeriosis associated with gorgonzola (Italian blue-veined cheese) - PubMed

480. Sparky Guacamole

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
• Gustavo on Twitter: "@HeshComps @fuckedupfoods There's this explanation from youtube Water salt, acid from jalapeños, mixing together to make hydrogen gas when the aluminum spoon touches the salt bridge. The human had acts as the grounds while the aluminum spoon acts as a conductor making hydrogen gas causing explosions." / Twitter
• Dementia (Demen para los amigos) on Twitter: "Claramente son solo pobres y morenos https://t.co/B7oJNTqoFV" / Twitter
• Does aluminium react with salt water? - Quora
• Aluminum contamination of food during culinary preparation: Case study with aluminum foil and consumers’ preferences - PMC
• carlsbad knedliky - czech bread dumplings - Whisked Away Kitchen
• Metals, aluminium and dementia | Alzheimer's Society
• Amazon.com: Qtqgoitem Aluminum Kitchenware Cooking Tool Foldable Spoon (Model: 8b5 7e7 9eb a8b e46) : Home & Kitchen
• Genesis (band) - Wikipedia)

479. Homemade Halloumi With Fresh Raw Milk

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
• Halloumi Recipe | Cheese Maker Recipes | Cheese Making Supply
• Problems with Ultra Pasteurized Milk | Cheese Making Supply
• 459. AI-Generated Recipes — Risky or Not?

478. Living Next to a Farm

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of living next to a farm.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Farm Visits and Undercooked Hamburgers as Major Risk Factors for Sporadic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection: Data from a Case-Control Study in 5 FoodNet Sites | Oxford Academic
• Vero Cytotoxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157 Gastroenteritis in Farm Visitors, North Wales - PMC
• Vero Cytotoxigenic Escherichia coli Infection in Dairy Farm Families on JSTOR
• Escherichia coli in settled-dust and air samples collected in residential environments in Mexico City - PubMed

477. Accidentally Eating A Tiny Spider In A Bunch Of Grapes

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a tiny spider in a bunch of grapes.

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

• Madeline on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Accidentally Eating A Tiny Spider In Your Bunch Of Grapes - Risky or Not? (I didn’t actually eat a spider, I found it & removed it but it was so small I wondered if somebody somewhere might make the mistake sometime)" / Twitter
• Spiders On Grapevines
• Extremely Deadly Spider Found in Box of Grapes at Grocery Store
• Redback Spider - Australian Reptile Park
• Venomous Snake FAQs
• Julius Erving - Wikipedia

476. Worlds Purest Cookie

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating the "worlds purest cookie".

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

• Making the World's Purest Cookie - YouTube
• Baking chocolate NIST® SRM® 2384 | Sigma-Aldrich
• Baking chocolate SDS

475. Bamboo Straw Used for Smoothies Without a Brush for Cleaning

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using bamboo straws for smoothies without a brush for cleaning.

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

• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Wikipedia
• Amazon.com : reusable bamboo straws
• 50 Best Smoothie Recipes | Easy Smoothie Ideas | Recipes, Dinners and Easy Meal Ideas | Food Network
• Efficacy of neutral electrolyzed water for sanitization of cutting boards used in the preparation of foods - ScienceDirect
• Jack and Diane but most of the lyrics are "suckin' on a chili dog" - YouTube
• Cutting Boards of Plastic and Wood Contaminated Experimentally with Bacteria - PubMed
• Hidden Secrets • When Al hangs up the phone with the Japanese...

474. Toilet Paper

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using toilet paper to wipe your butt.

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

• Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "Hey @benjaminchapman using toilet paper? #RiskyOrNot" / Twitter
• Ej Dickson on Twitter: "Alpha male lifestyle influencer Paul Saladino, aka Carnivore MD, just told his 1.3 million followers not to use toilet paper after they poop because wiping is dangerous for your “hormonal health.” https://t.co/XjUXMnOr5T" / Twitter
• Home | Carnivore MD

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