487. Four Year Old Blackberry Freezer Jam of Uncertain Provenance

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks four year old blackberry freezer jam which may have been temperature abused.

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

• KathleenS on Twitter: "Eating this seems like a surefire way to end up seriously ill and featured in an episode of @chubbyemu But I’m no scientist. What say you @bugcounter @benjaminchapman #RiskyOrNot https://t.co/UjpgyUQAzm" / Twitter
• National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Jam and Jelly
• Blackberry Freezer Jam - Recipe Girl
• Effects of blackberry juice on growth inhibition of foodborne pathogens and growth promotion of Lactobacillus - ScienceDirect
• Chubbyemu (@chubbyemu) / Twitter

486. Cat Smelled Food

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a food that a cat has smelled.

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

• Melon and Finn (@melon.n.finn) | TikTok
• 115. Cats in the Kitchen — Risky or Not?
• 269. Cat Licked Cake — Risky or Not?
• What was the first Beatles song over three minutes in length? - BeatlesTrivia.com
• 65 Beatles songs in under 3 minutes - YouTube
• Billy Joel- The Entertainer HD - YouTube

485. Hotel Room Baby Back Ribs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making baby back ribs in your hotel room with a hair drier and a pillow case.

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

• Chef Reactions on Twitter: "We will never break the chain (of custody) https://t.co/8iSmYz59Ep" / Twitter

484. Tepache de Piña

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making a fermented pineapple drink called tepache de piña.

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

• ★metal★matt★ @mattorantimatt@mstdn.social on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Tepache de piña #riskyornot (or maybe more specifically how can I ensure I do this safely) https://t.co/aqCseSbDAo" / Twitter
• Pineapple Tepache Recipe (With Variations)
• Inactivation of Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella Enteritidis by Cymbopogon citratus D.C. Stapf. Essential Oil in Pineapple Juice - PubMed

483. Being in the Sun and Wiping Lime Juice on Your Skin

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of wiping lime juice on your skin when in the sun.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Criminalize Straight (Pride Special 2023!) — Lovett or Leave It — Overcast
• Guy Branum - Wikipedia
• Phytophotodermatitis
• 'Margarita disease' gets its turn in the limelight | CTV News
• Sun Exposure | CDC Yellow Book 2024

482. Using a Turtle to Open a Beverage

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of opening a beverage with a snapping turtle.

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

• Food Safety Talk 251: Too Many Brooms — Food Safety Talk
• Beer Time Billy 🍺 on Instagram: “Who knew turtles were so useful?! I’ll name him squirtle.😂 Follow @beertimebilly if need a squirtle right now!🍻 Credit: @tooturnttony”
• Tiny Turtles and Salmonella | Healthy Pets, Healthy People | CDC
• Michelob Ultra 12pk Cans – Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation
• Absence of Detectable Salmonella Cloacal Shedding in Free-Living Reptiles on Admission to the Wildlife Center of Virginia
• Traumatic Amputation of Finger From an Alligator Snapping Turtle Bite - ScienceDirect
• An Outbreak of Salmonella Food Poisoning at a Snapping Turtle Restaurant
• Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | TMNTPedia | Fandom

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