660. Coffee Made With Water From a Strangers Water Bottle

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking coffee made with water from a strangers water bottle.

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

• The Cleanliness of Reusable Water Bottles: How Contamination Levels are Affected by Bottle Usage and Cleaning Behaviors of Bottle Owners
• Bacterial water quality in the personal water bottles of elementary students - PubMed
• saliva - Risky or Not?
• Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PMC
• Merch — Risky or Not?

316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using cups to scoop water out of a shared bowl when it's really hot out.

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

• chefcollinsevents on Twitter: "Helping someone do a event in city and we are using cups to scoop water out of this bowl to drink and we argued if #riskyornot @benjaminchapman @bugcounter (I think it’s fine it’s 90degrees out) https://t.co/3bVatuAtHn" / Twitter
• Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PMC
• Norovirus Outbreaks Reported to NoroSTAT, Figure | CDC
• Did You Just Eat That?: Two Scientists Explore Double-Dipping, the Five ... - Paul Dawson, Brian Sheldon - Google Books

106. Sharing Dessert

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sharing dessert on Valentines (or any other) Day

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

• Is Double-Dipping a Food Safety Problem or Just a Nasty Habit? - Scientific American
• Effect of Biting Before Dipping (Double‐Dipping) Chips on the Bacterial Population of the Dipping Solution
• Woman Who Licked Blue Bell Ice Cream Tub And Put It Back Could Face Charges : NPR
• Emerging role of bacteria in oral carcinogenesis: a review with special reference to perio-pathogenic bacteria
• Saliva and viral infections
• Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PubMed