Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks that Ben faced when eating raw milk gouda cheese in an unregulated Brazilian facility.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Food Safety Talk
• NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission Agricultural Leadership Development Program | NC State Extension
• Gouda Recipe | Cheese Maker Recipes | Cheese Making Supply
• Enumeration of Escherichia coli O157 in Outbreak-Associated Gouda Cheese Made with Raw Milk - ScienceDirect
• Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Aged Raw Milk Gouda Cheese, Canada, 2013 - ScienceDirect
• Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Associated with In-Store Sampling of an Aged Raw-Milk Gouda Cheese, 2010 - ScienceDirect
• Escherichia coli O121 outbreak associated with raw milk Gouda-like cheese in British Columbia, Canada, 2018 - PMC
• Microbiological Safety of Various Gouda Cheeses Produced from Raw Milk

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using using stale bread to keep brown sugar moist.

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

• Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia
• The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Brown Sugar Saver | King Arthur Baking Company
• The Pioneer Woman Terracotta Sugar Saver at Walmart - Where to Buy Ree Drummond’s Brown Sugar Savers
• How to Soften Brown Sugar | Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not pre-washing raw meat dishes and placing them directly in the dishwasher.

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

• Cardiff Metropolitan University - Study in Cardiff

• method to evaluate factors influencing the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic

• FSIS Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix A) December, 2021

• Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from sunny side up egg from a bird infected with bird flu.

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

• SHensley: “@benjaminchapman.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social Georgia is like 15% of the US poultry production. Eggs sunny side up from a chicken with bird flu #riskyornot? www.wjcl.com/article/geor…” — Bluesky

• Full article: Heat inactivation of avian influenza and Newcastle disease viruses in egg products

• The Impact of Holding Time on the Likelihood of Moving Internally Contaminated Eggs from a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Infected but Undetected Commercial Table-Egg Layer Flock | Avian Diseases

• Full article: Avian influenza viruses in poultry products: a review

• Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Egg Pasteurization Processes on the Inactivation of High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus and Velogenic Newcastle Disease Virus in Processed Egg Products - ScienceDirect

• Detection of Influenza A Viruses in Eggs Laid by Infected Turkeys | Avian Diseases

• Questions and Answers Regarding the Safety of Eggs During Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks | FDA

• Interagency Risk Assessment for the Public Health Impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Poultry, Shell Eggs, and Egg Products (May 2010) | Food Safety and Inspection Service

• Executive Summary, Interagency Risk Assessment for the Public Health Impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Poultry, Shell Eggs, and Egg Products - May 2010

• Interagency Risk Assessment for the Public Health Impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Poultry, Shell Eggs, and Egg Products Conducted by FSIS in collaboration with FDA and APHIS

• USDA Questions and Answers: Food Safety and Avian Influenza April 2015

• Skibidi Toilet - Season 1 [FULL SCREEN] - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of workers landfilling ground up highly pathogenic avian influenza infected chickens without personal protective equipment.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• • TWiV 1178: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin — This Week in Virology — Overcast
  • CDC Interim Guidance for Landfill Workers in the United States Disposing of Poultry Carcasses During Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
  • NJ Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) “Bird Flu” FAQ
  • Survival rate of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses at different temperatures - ScienceDirect
  • Survivability of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus in Poultry Faeces at Different Temperatures - PMC

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