Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.
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Don and Ben talk to each other and the occasional guest about food safety in the news. They also respond to listener feedback.
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715. Blueberries That Had a New Hat Fall Into Them Twice
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating blueberries that had a new hat fall into them twice. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 National Women’s Soccer League Official Site | NWSL put a hat on a hat - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Authentic Washington Spirit Merch | NWSL Shop 401. Unrefrigerated Jalapeño Queso Di…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting your baby lick a snake. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ The Surprising Reason Babies Are NOT Afraid of Snakes | Secret Science - YouTube Public Health Notice: Outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to snakes and rodents - Canada.ca…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking and eating a butternut squash that you found while walking your dog. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Basics of Verbing Nouns | Grammarly Blog Scott Adams: Chris and Matt Go to Hell - Decoding the Gurus Prevent Rot of Winter Squash in Storage The Only Way To Store Butt…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using the alley behind your butcher shop for staging turkey smoking. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Microwave Sparking? 5 Common Causes - Ocean Appliance Feast of the Seven Fishes - Wikipedia An Italian American Christmas: It’s not Traditional, but It’s Our Tradition | Italian S…
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711. Leaving Cookies and Milk Out for Santa
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving cookies and milk out for Santa, and carrots for his reindeer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How To Celebrate The Winter Solstice How does Santa make it around the world in one night? | HowStuffWorks Is Santa Claus immune to COVID-19? - YouTube Immunologists convinced Sa…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with mysterious green spots in ice cream. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Jeni’s Ice Creams A Greenish-Black Discoloration of Chocolate Ice CreamBy Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
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Food Safety Talk 318: Head Grime And The Lice
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709. Homemade Roasted Sriracha Chickpeas at Room Temperature for Days
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating homemade roasted sriracha chickpeas left at room temperature for three days. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Roasted Sriracha Chickpeas - ShortGirlTallOrder Easy Roasted Chickpeas - Super Healthy KidsBy Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
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708. Expired Pasteurized Cows Milk Used for Yogurt
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using expired pasteurized cows milk used for yogurt. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 563. Chris’s Yogurt Without Heating — Risky or Not? 128. Milk on the Counter Over Night — Risky or Not? Foods Near the End of Their Shelf Life - Consumption Recommendations | Consumer Food Wast…
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707. Eating Fruit That’s Been Bitten by a Bat
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating fruit that has been bitten by a bat Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Teacher Bitten By Bat In Classroom Dies Of Rabies Zoonotic Exposures: Bites, Stings, Scratches & Other Hazards | CDC Yellow Book 2024 Unrecognized diversity of mammalian orthoreoviruses in North American bats - Sc…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing a tomato sauce lid after it has been licked by a dog. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) - YouTube Microbiota populations in supragingival plaque, subgingival plaque, and saliva habitats of adult dogs | Animal Microbiome The Impact of Dogs Ora…
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705. Washing Poultry Blotting Towels in Cold Water
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from washing poultry blotting towels in cold water. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Kitchen cloths: Consumer practices, drying properties and bacterial growth and survival - ScienceDirect 1 Million Dollars Scene | AUSTIN POWERS (1997) Movie CLIP HD - YouTube…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a paper ballot. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Arc de Triomphe - Wikipedia Acrylamide | ToxFAQs™ | ATSDR Safety Data Sheet - Voters Ink An unusual case of xylophagia (paper-eating) - PMC Do By Friday ChatGPT- is it safe to eat a paper ballot A meta‐analysis of pica and …
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703. Using a Strangers Paper Napkin Found in a Parking Lot
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks using a strangers paper napkin found in a parking lot. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Keep America Beautiful: The Crying Indian (1970) - YouTube Iron Eyes Cody - Wikipedia First Thanksgiving - SNL - YouTubeBy Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
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702. Reusing a Paper Towel Used to Cover Microwaved Kraft Dinner
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing a paper towel used to cover microwaved Kraft Dinner. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Kraft Dinner - Wikipedia Barenaked Ladies – If I Had $1,000,000 Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Can you use the plastic cake covers you get at the store and use them as microwave covers? - Quora C…
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701. Reusing Unwashed Cutlery With Food Particles
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks reusing unwashed cutlery that has food particles attached. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Food Utensil Bacteriology - PMC Microbiological assessment of cutleries - MedCrave online Contamination of knives and graters by bacterial foodborne pathogens during slicing and grating of pro…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated by getting kissed once by your dog with tongue. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 284. Dog Kisses — Risky or Not? Grey Cup - Wikipedia People Kissing Dogs in Mouth | TikTok Zoonoses in the Bedroom CDC podcast transcript Zoonoses in the Bedroom - Volume 17, Number 2—February…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a black plastic spatula. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula - The Atlantic Black plastics: Linear and circular economies, hazardous additives and marine pollution - ScienceDirect Food Packaging & Other Substances that Come in Contact with…
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Food Safety Talk 317: Golf Cart Grocery Store
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Food Safety Talk 316: Vibing And Thriving
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676. Drinking Beer When the Bottle Has Been in Contact With the Beer — Risky or Not? Somm.ai - On-Premise Intelligence Food Tech Talk Podcast | Trustwell Home - FoodSafetyTech Partners | Trustwell The Future of Digital Food Safety Management with Eric Moore | Trustwell Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) - YouTube Warren Zevon – Hit Somebody (The Hocke…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with deep frying a turkey. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 AB’s safer method of deep frying a turkey Some assembly required : r/PaymoneyWubby Shatner Loses it in Recording Studio - YouTube Thanksgiving Day Fires in Residential Buildings (2014-2016) Deep-fried Turkey: Deli…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Thanksgiving leftovers. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov Cooling Uncovered Foods at a Depth of ∼5.1 cm (2 in.) or Less Poses Little Risk of Pathogen Growth - ScienceDirect Merch — Risky or Not?
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Food Safety Talk 315: We're On Nicki Time Today
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Everything Everywhere All at Once - Wikipedia Code-switching - Wikipedia TIL Canadians say “Pencil Crayons” instead of “Colored Pencils” like Americans : r/todayilearned List of North Carolina hurricanes - Wikipedia Food Safety Talk 312: 37 Things Are Not Going To Happen On Thursday — Food Safety Talk About Kourosh | Kourosh Dini Institute of Food …
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from thawing a turkey in the garage. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 631. Thawing a Whole Turkey in a Hot Garage Twice — Risky or Not? 86. Thawing Poultry at Room Temperature — Risky or Not? Don Schaffner 🦠 on X: “Room temperature thawing of frozen meat is an interesting topic that …
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from rinsing your turkey in the sink. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 1: Non-Canonical First Episode — Risky or Not? Food Safety Consumer Research Project: Meal Preparation Experiment Related to Poultry Washing A brief history of chicken washing Should You Wash Chicken? Nutrition Security a…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from relying on a pop up thermometer. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Kitchen Thermometers | Food Safety and Inspection Service Developing a Citizen Science Method to Collect Whole Turkey Thermometer Usage Behaviors Changes in Lighting Source Can Produce Inaccurate Assessment of Visual Poul…
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693. Inexperienced Home Chefs and Potlucks
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by inexperienced home chefs and potlucks. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 CDC identifies bacteria that killed 3 who ate church meal | Food Safety News Bacteria that killed 3 at Antioch Thanksgiving dinner pinpointed Consumer Food Handling in the Home: A Review of Food Safety S…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating guacamole left out overnight. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Mild Guacamole - Yucatan Guacamole Yucatan Authentic Guacamole 16 oz, 16 oz - Kroger Avocados - Food Source Information Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in Avocado Pulp and Processed Guacamole - ScienceDirect Effect o…
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691. Freeze Dried Beef Organs and Colostrum Smoothie
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking a freeze dried beef organs and colostrum smoothie. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Social Media Analytics and Publishing - Fedica (Formerly Tweepsmap) Post | LinkedIn Erewhon’s Raw Animal-Based Smoothie has organs, unpasteurized dairy - Los Angeles Times Erewhon How to Pronounce…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting a toddler eat raw flour. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 684. Recalled Treehouse Waffles — Risky or Not? Brantford - Wikipedia Consumption of Raw Flour in the United States: Results from the 2019 U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety and Nutrition Survey - ScienceDirect C…
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Food Safety Talk 314: They Don't Let Just Anybody In
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689. Eating Mussels Unopened After Cooking
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating mussels still unopened after cooking. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 What does it mean if a clam is open or closed before cooking? Is one better to eat than the other, and why? - Quora Why can’t you eat shellfish that didn’t open during cooking? : r/AskCulinary Mussel D…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of slivered onions today in light of the ongoing outbreak. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 E. coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders | E. coli infection | CDC Taylor Farms: Leading Producer of Healthy Salads & Fresh Foods E. Coli Outbreak Tied to McDonald’s Widens to 75…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Nerds Gummy Clusters (when you are not allergic to Carmine B). Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Nerds Gummy Clusters: The internet is obsessed. That was entirely by design. Color Additives | FDA Small Entity Compliance Guide: Declaration by Name on the Label of All Foods …
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating an egg fried on Astroturf. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Heat Levels — Safe Healthy Playing Fields Toxicity/Carcinogens — Safe Healthy Playing Fields “The Artificial Turf at the Women’s World Cup Was Reportedly 120 Degrees at Kick Off” — Safe Healthy Playing Fields The artificia…
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685. Pouring Unused Maple Syrup Back Into the Container
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of pouring unused maple syrup back into the container. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Identification of Microbial Spoilage in Maple Syrup Samples Mold in Maple Syrup Fungi in Ontario maple syrup & some factors that determine the presence of mold damage - ScienceDirect Fungi Associa…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from waffles currently recalled for Listeria monocytogenes. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 559. Waffles — Risky or Not? Merch — Risky or Not? “We promise not to waffle” graphic tee, long sleeve tee, tank, onesie, pullover crewneck, and pullover hoodie by Don Schaffner. | Cotton Bur…
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683. Pastor Pinkston's Putrid Pumpkin Products
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by clumpy pumpkin spice creamer stored in an overfull church refrigerator. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 423. Pastor Pinkston’s Plentiful Pork Products — Risky or Not? If you pour cream in your coffee and it’s lumpy like cottage cheese but it smells ok, is it bad or can you drin…
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682. Storing Food in a Glass Jar That Used to Be a Fish Tank
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from storing food in a glass jar that used to be a fish tank. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How long did your betta live/How old is your betta? : r/bettafish Bacterial zoonoses of fishes: A review and appraisal of evidence for linkages between fish and human infections - ScienceDi…
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681. Cookie Dough Dreams Raw Cookie Dough
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating raw cookie dough from Cookie Dough Dreams in LA. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Never Not Funny – The Jimmy Pardo Podcast. Home - Cookie Dough Dreams Press - Cookie Dough Dreams #1 Organic and #1 Fair Trade Coffee – Death Wish Coffee Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Co…
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680. Drinking Single Barrel Bourbon With a Moldy Cork
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking single barrel bourbon with a cork that looks moldy. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Corked Wine, Cork Taint, Musty Odours: What to Do Cork taint - Wikipedia Cork looks moldy. Would it still be ok. : r/whiskey Corked whisky - fact or myth? - Whisky and Wisdom What Is Wh…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from strawberry jam with black and white colored mold. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ What is the difference between an episode, an arc, and a season/saga? - Quora Write a ten-word story before you reach the finish line | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom mold - Risky or Not? Food Safety Talk 217: …
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678. Immunocompromised Person Eating Mac and Cheese Left at Room Temperature for Two Hours
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks faced by an immunocompromised person eating mac and cheese left at room temperature for two hours Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Ed Koch - Wikipedia In Eric Adams Case, Prosecutors Warn of Additional Charges for Him and Defendants - The New York Times Staphylococcus aureus Infectio…
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677. Eating a Properly Cooked Egg With a Crack in It
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a properly cooked egg with a crack in it. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 egg - Risky or Not? Home - American Egg Board Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in raw eggs and it’s growth and enterotoxin a production in egg contents - ScienceDirect Metho…
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676. Drinking Beer When the Bottle Has Been in Contact With the Beer
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks drinking beer from glasses when the bottle has been inside the glass and in contact with the beer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Cocktail School | Especially if the bottle is dirty Via: unknown | Instagram Survival of Foodborne Pathogens in Low and Nonalcoholic Craft Beer - Scienc…
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675. Working Out in a Gym With a Live Chicken
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from working out in a gym with a live chicken. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Monmouth University CDC warns of Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard poultry flocks | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC Risk factors for Salmonella persistence after cleansing and disinfection in French broil…
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674. Open Can of Soup Outdoors in the Summer for More Than a Day
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of food poisoning from an open can of soup on public stairway in the midwest summer for more than a day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 80. Old canned soup — Risky or Not? 42: Reboiling Soup — Risky or Not? 236. Eating 2,400 Year Old Soup — Risky or Not? 498. Room Temperature Canned Chicke…
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from ramen based on a TikTok warning. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 ramen recalled | TikTok PolitiFact | CDC hasn’t warned about deadly ramen noodles, despite social media claims about the ramen recalls : r/ramen Ramen noodles 5 kids lost is this real contaminated food dangerous f…
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672. Plastic Cutting Boards Because of Microplastics
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from microplastics from cutting boards. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Cutting Boards: An Overlooked Source of Microplastics in Human Food? | Environmental Science & Technology Microplastic Contamination of Chicken Meat and Fish through Plastic Cutting Boards - PubMed Microplastics…
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671. Older Man Kayaking With Fresh Wounds in Water Which Regularly Fails Coliform Tests
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of kayaking with fresh wounds in water which regularly fails coliform tests while elderly. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Kayaking - Wikipedia Paddle Board vs. Kayak: Which should you buy? | THURSO SURF Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership | Sharing information about New Jersey’s Lower Rari…
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