402. Hallucinogenic Australian Leafy Greens

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating Australian spinach just to get high.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Australia recalls spinach after toxic contamination causes hallucinations - The Washington Post
• From hallucinogenic spinach to contaminated salad: here's why there's alarm over these veggies | SBS News
• A Florida Family All Got High On Walmart LSD Steak | Cracked.com
• ‘Likely a nightshade’: Australians urged not to seek out spinach products for recreational high | Health | The Guardian
• Riviera Farms Spinach Recall: 'At least' 42 people seek medical help after consuming toxic spinach in NSW

357. Frog in Canadian Lettuce

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating lettuce from a container with a live frog in it.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Woman discovers live frog in sealed lettuce container in London, Ont., grocery store | CBC News
• C h a n t e l S c o t t on Instagram: "The now famous frog in the lettuce I found at Sobeys in London Ontario! 🐸 🥬 UPDATE: I handed the mixed salad to an employee who took it to the manager. I asked employees if they were releasing the frog and they said yes after they file a report they would release it to the local pond up the street. (Someone also commented on TikTok that the manager has a terrarium for it so idk what happened sobeys manager only knows!😇)"
• Alive frog sealed into salad mix… @sobeys.official #sobeys #complimentssalad #frog
• Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Hartford Infections Associated With Unpasteurized Orange Juice | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network
• There's a frog in my salad! A review of online media coverage for wild vertebrates found in prepackaged produce in the United States - ScienceDirect
• Diversity of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Pulsotypes, Serovars, and Antibiotic Resistance Among Salmonella Isolates from Wild Amphibians and Reptiles in the California Central Coast | Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
• Coliforms, Escherichia coli and Salmonella Serovars Associated with a Citrus-Processing Facility Implicated in a Salmonellosis Outbreak† | Journal of Food Protection

230. Un-cleanable Salad Spinners

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by un-cleanable salad spinners.

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

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• AmazonSmile: Cuisinart Salad Spinner, Green and White, 5 Quart: Home & Kitchen
• AmazonSmile: Goodcook Touch Salad Spinner: Home & Kitchen
• Amazon.com: OXO Good Grips Large Salad Spinner - 6.22 Qt.: Home & Kitchen
• Laboratory accidents and breaches in biosafety – they do occur!
• Biosafety Challenges for the Food Microbiology Laboratory - Montville - 2012 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Library
• Salmonella Enteritidis infections associated with a contaminated immersion blender at a camp - PubMed
• Whole genome sequencing analyses of Listeria monocytogenes that persisted in a milkshake machine for a year and caused illnesses in Washington State | BMC Microbiology