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134. Blowing Out Candles on a Birthday Cake

April 19, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben have a special birthday episode for the birthday boy (Ben) and talk about the risks from eating cake where someone has blown out candles.

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

* depending upon the month

  • Patrick Ford on Twitter: blowing out candles on a birthday cake!
  • Blowing Out Birthday Candles Increases Cake Bacteria by 1,400 Percent - The Atlantic
  • Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on a Birthday Cake | Dawson | Journal of Food Research | CCSE
  • Detection of NoroviruElizabeth Newbold <Elizabeth.Newbold@uvm.edu data-preserve-html-node="true">s in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PubMed
April 19, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Birthday Cake, Candles

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