Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from licking Cheetos dust off your fingers.

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

• Home | Cheetos
• Hands Are Frequently Contaminated with Fecal Bacteria and Enteric Pathogens Globally: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | ACS Environmental Au

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from occasionally eating icicles off your roof.

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

• What Are Roof Shingles? (2025) | Today’s Homeowner
• Quality of roof-harvested rainwater – Comparison of different roofing materials - ScienceDirect
• A global review of the microbiological quality and potential health risks associated with roof-harvested rainwater tanks | npj Clean Water
• Microbiological Quality of Roof‐Harvested Rainwater and Health Risks: A Review - Ahmed - 2011 - Journal of Environmental Quality - Wiley Online Library
• An examination of the microbial community and occurrence of potential human pathogens in rainwater harvested from different roofing materials - ScienceDirect
• ChatGPT on icicles
• Meteorologist Explains Why You Should Never Eat Icicles, No Matter How Tempting They Look | IFLScience

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating baby poop regularly.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• (3) Gregory Koch: “Eating baby poop - Risky or Not? @bugcounter.bsky.social @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social” — Bluesky
• Development of intestinal microbiota in infants and its impact on health: Trends in Microbiology
• Bifidobacterium - Wikipedia
• The First Microbial Colonizers of the Human Gut: Composition, Activities, and Health Implications of the Infant Gut Microbiota | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from coffee tasting using shared cups, i.e., coffee cupping.

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

• Coffee Cupping: A Step By Step Guide
• Responsible Coffee Cupping During Covid-19 - Perfect Daily Grind
• Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PMC
• US norovirus outbreaks are up, CDC data show | CIDRAP
• NoroSTAT Data | Norovirus | CDC
• 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from accidentally leaving your contact lens solution bottle open.

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

• Eye & Contact Lens
• The Danger of Using Tap Water with Contact Lenses | US EPA
• National Outbreak of Acanthamoeba Keratitis Associated with Use of a Contact Lens Solution, United States - PMC
• Eye Infections From Contact Lenses - American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Recent Outbreaks of Atypical Contact Lens-Related Keratitis: What Have We Learned? - PMC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from food in a freezer ajar for 24 hours.

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

• Homepage - STOCKART
• Download 1000’s of high resolution images | Stockarch Free Stock Photo Archive
• Avoid Foodborne Illness During Temporary Power Outages | FoodSafety.gov
• Food safety experts agree with ‘when in doubt, throw it out,’ here’s why | Fox News

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cutting bones on a band saw for use in soup stock.

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

• Food saws for meat - band saws by Wintersteiger

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating expired turkey deli meat.

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

• 671. Older Man Kayaking With Fresh Wounds in Water Which Regularly Fails Coliform Tests — Risky or Not?
• The combination of lactate and diacetate synergistically reduces cold growth in brain heart infusion broth across Listeria monocytogenes lineages - PubMed
• Hillshire Farms Ultra Thin Oven Roasted Turkey Breast - 9oz : Target
• People at Increased Risk for Listeria Infection | Listeria Infection | CDC
• Cultured dextrose - Wikipedia
• Sodium phosphate - Wikipedia
• Controlling Listeria monocytogenes and Leuconostoc mesenteroides in Uncured Deli‐style Turkey Breast Using a Clean Label Antimicrobial - Weyker - 2016 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes by propionic acid-based ingredients in cured deli-style Turkey - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of arranging objects on a table using only your face.

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

• Taskmaster (TV series) - Wikipedia
• Arrange the Objects Using Only your Face | Full Task | Taskmaster - YouTube
• Egg Storage | Official Egg Info
• Why American Eggs Would Be Illegal In A British Supermarket, And Vice Versa
• Salmonella in Eggs Information | Official Egg Info
• New Government advice: British Lion eggs safe for mums-to-be, babies and elderly people | Egg Recipes – British Lion Eggs

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 Dip — Risky or Not?