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ChatGPT image description: A six-panel illustration depicts an 1883 kitchen where a woman preserves fresh corn in tin cans. She fills them with water, solders them shut, boils them, releases accumulated gas through a small hole, reseals them, and boils them again. The historical method poses serious botulism risks.

995. Canning Corn in Hand-Soldered Tins

October 19, 2026 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned corn in hand-soldered tins.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

  • To Can Corn (soldered tins) — Don't Cook That
  • Synergistic Inactivation of Spores of Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum Strains by High Pressure and Heat Is Strain and Product Dependent - PMC
  • heat resistance of the spores of B. botulinus and allied anaerobes. XI | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
  • Food Safety Talk 319: I'm Feeling Botchy Today — Food Safety Talk
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October 19, 2026 /Don Schaffner
Canning, Lead, Corn, Low acid canned food, Water bath canning

405. Dark Chocolate

January 11, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Cadmium and Lead in chocolate.

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

  • neil chazin on Twitter: "https://t.co/lgEJD35HHh @bugcounter @benjaminchapman is dark chocolate risky now?" / Twitter
  • Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate - Consumer Reports
  • Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "Neal https://t.co/iVmAOlJr4v asks an excellent question, and there is a lot to unpack here. (1/10)" / Twitter
  • As You Sow is Promoting Corporate Accountability Through Shareholder Action
  • Cadmium in food - Scientific opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain | EFSA
405. Dark Chocolate
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January 11, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Heavy metals, Chocolate, Cadmium, Lead

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