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Published by Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
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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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating boiled peanuts left in a hot car for two days Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Best in Show (4/11) Movie CLIP - Naming Nuts (2000) HD - YouTube Classic Boiled Peanuts Recipe Peanut and peanut products: A food safety perspective - ScienceDirect Contamination of Nuts/Nut Butters | Food Safety Boiled peanuts culprit of salmonella outbreak | Salmonella Blog Growth of Bacillus cereus in Media Containing Plant Seed Materials and Ingredients Used in Chinese Cookery | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic Peanuts and Coke - Wikipedia
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with butchering a legally hunted bear in a communal residence hall kitchen. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Land-Grant University FAQ - APLU (14) Post by @pkpd-babe.bsky.social — Bluesky University Prohibits Processing Wild Animals in Communal Kitchens After Bear Skinning Uproar - The Cornell Daily Sun Cornell Students Skin Bear in Ganędagǫ: Hall Communal Kitchen, No Charges Filed - The Cornell Daily Sun The Cornell Bear Skinner Speaks Out | The MeatEater Podcast Ep. 770 - YouTube Ganędagǫ: Hall | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University Ganędagǫ: Hall - Google Maps Meat sources of infection for outbreaks of human trichinellosis - ScienceDirect Eurosurveillance | Outbreak of trichinellosis due to consumption of bear meat from Canada, France, September 2005 Occurrence of Trichinella spp. infestations in black bears in Quebec, Canada - Simon Krückemeier, Christopher Fernandez-Prada, Marie-Odile Benoit-Biancamano, 2026 "Letterkenny" Les Hiques (TV Episode 2017) - IMDb Goat Slaughtered in China Grove Captain's Galley Possible Source of E. coli | Marler Blog Escherichia coli isolated from feces of brown bears (Ursus arctos) have a lower prevalence of human extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli virulence-associated genes - PMC New-to-U.S. antibiotic-resistant Salmonella found in bear | Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Ontario Academic Credit - Wikipedia hockey - Risky or Not? Lambton Hall | University of Guelph Cuyahoga Valley National Park (U.S. National Park Service) Lifes Rich Pageant - Wikipedia Cuyahoga (song) - Wikipedia
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking a really old bottle of Guinness found in a shipwreck. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Alec Guinness - Wikipedia Divers recover a bottle of Guinness from a 162-year-old shipwreck - The Washington Post Verstrepen Lab - Group leader
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating brown rice held out of temperature control for about five hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 A response surface model to describe the effect of temperature and pH on the growth of Bacillus cereus in cooked rice - PubMed Model Bacillus Growth Predictive model for growth of Bacillus cereus during cooling of cooked rice - ScienceDirect Abhinav Mishra - People | Food Science & Technology
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks for eating an out of date discounted snack food purchased at a farmers market. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Pop'ums Jalapeño Jack | Snack Factory® Are stores allowed to sell expired food products? | Consumer Ed, brought to you by the Georgia Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division Food Safety at Farmers' Markets | Agriculture and Markets Walmart Shares Slump on Weakest Sales Growth in Over Six Years - WSJ
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating corn chowder stored in the refrigerator for a week. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Best Corn Chowder Recipe ComBase
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from taking a bath at Ben's house when the water is very dirty. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Hydrant Flushing Aqua North Carolina | Aqua
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vaccines, after Don concocts a bizarre red thread conspiracy theory because he really just wants to talk about his poor little sick doggo. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Addison's disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Addison's Disease in Dogs | VCA Animal Hospitals Addison's disease | Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Lab Leak Groundhog Day: COVID … - Decoding the Gurus - Apple Podcasts
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating McDonald's ranch dressing found on the side of the road in northern Minnesota in the summer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bike Tour Map Food Safety Talk 255: Crunchy Granola Hippie Town — Food Safety Talk 929. Car Ranch — Risky or Not? 87. 27 Lbs of Unrefrigerated Feta Cheese — Risky or Not? Models for the Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens in Salad Dressing from Challenge Studies - ScienceDirect Outbreak of campylobacter enteritis in a residential school associated with bird pecked bottle tops - PubMed
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating french toast left on counter for almost a day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bald Head Island NC Science-Backed French Toast Recipes: Crisp, Custardy & Never Soggy Survival and growth of Bacillus cereus in bread - PubMed Evaluation and Definition of Potentially Hazardous Foods Trader Joe's SLICED FRENCH BRIOCHE BREAD | Trader Joe's Rants & Raves (mostly raves, a few rants) Griddle Breads, Shelf Stable and Heat and Serve, Frozen (Waffles, Pancakes, French Toast, Belgian Waffles
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating small pieces of chicken left behind in the airfryer, reheated days later. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Water activity - Wikipedia New Interventions and Validation for the Control of Pathogens in the Processing of Jerky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking a Mountain Dew that you accidentally dropped in a port-a-potty. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Man spent 8 hours in porta-potty tank retrieving Mountain Dew bottle, company says Potty Peeper Sentenced To 3 Years Behind Bars - CBS Colorado
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cooked frozen hot dogs in the package left in sink basin over night with water. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Post-lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service Ballpark Franks Ad- They Plump When You Cook Them (1992) - YouTube We answer to a higher authority - Wikipedia Schneiders, brand since 1890 | Maple Leaf Foods Shopsy's Hot Dogs Vinyl Record, 1986 Summer Music LP - Etsy
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fresh jalapeños right now. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks | FDA Who coined "don't yuck my yum"? : r/etymology Giardiniera - Wikipedia Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Jalapeño (August 2026) | FDA When People Got Sick: Salmonella Outbreak, August 2026 | Salmonella Infection | CDC Inside Chipotle's Contamination Crisis Chipotle - Food Safety Guys: Episode 148 - Taco Bell Guys with Brian Gaar — Guys: With Bryan Quinby — Overcast Products Same As It Ever Was - YouTube
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating shelf stable tuna with garlic in olive oil if the jar is leaking. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Premium Yellowfin Tuna Fillets | Tonnino FAD-Free Yellowfin Tuna Fillets with Garlic in Olive Oil
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cod liver with a Proposition 65 warning about cadmium. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Foods and Beverages - Proposition 65 Warnings Website Cancer - YouTube Lead, cadmium and mercury in canned and unprocessed tuna: six-years monitoring survey, comparison with previous studies and recommended tolerable limits - ScienceDirect Cadmium and Cadmium Compounds - Proposition 65 Warnings Website Low Levels of Heavy Metals Found in Norwegian Cod | The Fish Site A baseline study of levels of mercury, arsenic, cadmium and lead in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) from different parts of the Barents Sea - ScienceDirect Erling Haaland - Wikipedia Erling Haaland Donates Rare Viking Book to His Hometown Library The story behind Erling Haaland and his taxidermy raccoon: 'Lock the doors, let's make this special' - The Athletic
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from roux raw dough cookies. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Eating raw cookie dough can be risky. Here's a safer way to enjoy it. - The Washington Post Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella enterica and Nonpathogenic Bacterial Surrogates in Wheat Flour by Baking in a Household Oven - ScienceDirect Water Activity and its Role in Food Preservation (March 2025) | UC Master Food Preserver
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking water from a source that failed to maintain treatment for removing bacteria. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Borough Public Notifications | Milltown, NJ
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from brushing your teeth with a toothbrush that was not in a toothbrush protector. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 524. Keeping Your Toothbrush Less Than 6 Feet From Your Toilet — Risky or Not? Amazon.com: Mspan Electric Toothbrush Head Cover: Sonic Toothbrush Cap Travel Protector Plastic Brush Pod Protection Clip Case Value Pack : Health & Household
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating lettuce in Michigan right now Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Where People Got Sick: Cyclospora Outbreak, July 2026 | Cyclosporiasis | CDC Investigation of 5-State Outbreak of Cyclospora Illnesses: Iceberg Lettuce (July 2026) | FDA Cyclospora Outbreak 2026: FAQs for Consumers | IFPA Cyclospora Outbreak Linked to Iceberg Lettuce in 5 States | Cyclosporiasis | CDC Flooding occurs on M-39 and I-94 in Detroit and I-75 in Southgate First Lawsuit in 2026 Multistate Cyclospora Outbreak Filed Against Taco Bell Operator in Ohio Federal Court Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks | FDA CDC, FDA link Taco Bell lettuce supplier to multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak - The Washington Post Taylor Farms still linked to parasite outbreak despite false positive, FDA says - The Washington Post FDA says it's still investigating Taylor Farms in cyclosporiasis outbreak Taco Bell in Canada: Lettuce is safe to eat Farm linked to cyclospora stops sending lettuce to U.S. | CNN
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