Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating dim sum from bamboo steamer.

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

• Dim sum - Wikipedia
• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC
• After the pandemic left them empty, dim sum restaurants are bustling once again : NPR
• No need to clean bamboo steamer
• Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dim Sum Chain in Shanghai – Thatsmags.com
• Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight - YouTube
• Nearly 100 People Sickened After Attending Philadelphia Banquet | Food Safety News
• IAFP meeting Tampa 2017

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating boiled freshwater mussels from Lake Winnisquam, New Hampshire

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

• Lake Winnipesaukee - Wikipedia
• Lake Winnisquam - Wikipedia
• Advisories | NH Department of Environmental Services
• Healthy Swimming Mapper | NH Department of Environmental Services
• FAQs | NH Department of Environmental Services
• Healthy Swimming Mapper
• FRI Cyanobacteria Toxins Aug 2011

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks four year old blackberry freezer jam which may have been temperature abused.

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

• KathleenS on Twitter: “Eating this seems like a surefire way to end up seriously ill and featured in an episode of @chubbyemu But I’m no scientist. What say you @bugcounter @benjaminchapman #RiskyOrNot https://t.co/UjpgyUQAzm” / Twitter
• National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Jam and Jelly
• Blackberry Freezer Jam - Recipe Girl
• Effects of blackberry juice on growth inhibition of foodborne pathogens and growth promotion of Lactobacillus - ScienceDirect
• Chubbyemu (@chubbyemu) / Twitter

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a food that a cat has smelled.

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

• Melon and Finn (@melon.n.finn) | TikTok
• 115. Cats in the Kitchen — Risky or Not?
• 269. Cat Licked Cake — Risky or Not?
• What was the first Beatles song over three minutes in length? - BeatlesTrivia.com
• 65 Beatles songs in under 3 minutes - YouTube
• Billy Joel- The Entertainer HD - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making baby back ribs in your hotel room with a hair drier and a pillow case.

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

• Chef Reactions on Twitter: “We will never break the chain (of custody) https://t.co/8iSmYz59Ep” / Twitter

Explicit tag because Chef Reactions curses.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making a fermented pineapple drink called tepache de piña.

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

• ★metal★matt★ @[email protected] on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Tepache de piña #riskyornot (or maybe more specifically how can I ensure I do this safely) https://t.co/aqCseSbDAo” / Twitter
• Pineapple Tepache Recipe (With Variations)
• Inactivation of Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella Enteritidis by Cymbopogon citratus D.C. Stapf. Essential Oil in Pineapple Juice - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of wiping lime juice on your skin when in the sun.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Criminalize Straight (Pride Special 2023!) — Lovett or Leave It — Overcast
• Guy Branum - Wikipedia
• Phytophotodermatitis
• ‘Margarita disease’ gets its turn in the limelight | CTV News
• Sun Exposure | CDC Yellow Book 2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of opening a beverage with a snapping turtle.

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

• Food Safety Talk 251: Too Many Brooms — Food Safety Talk
• Beer Time Billy 🍺 on Instagram: “Who knew turtles were so useful?! I’ll name him squirtle.😂 Follow @beertimebilly if need a squirtle right now!🍻 Credit: @tooturnttony”
• Tiny Turtles and Salmonella | Healthy Pets, Healthy People | CDC
• Michelob Ultra 12pk Cans – Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation
• snapping turtles Salmonella - Google Scholar
• Absence of Detectable Salmonella Cloacal Shedding in Free-Living Reptiles on Admission to the Wildlife Center of Virginia
• Traumatic Amputation of Finger From an Alligator Snapping Turtle Bite - ScienceDirect
• An Outbreak of Salmonella Food Poisoning at a Snapping Turtle Restaurant
• Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | TMNTPedia | Fandom

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a chopped salad from Portillo’s while pregnant.

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

• Salads | Portillo’s
• People at Risk: Pregnant Women | FoodSafety.gov
• Quantitative Assessment of Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods | FDA
• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC
• Listeria monocytogenes in Gorgonzola: subtypes, diversity and persistence over time - PubMed
• Listeriosis associated with gorgonzola (Italian blue-veined cheese) - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating guacamole that is sparking.

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

• Andy Hamilton on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman 4th of July firework sals? #riskyornot” / Twitter
• Gustavo on Twitter: “@HeshComps @fuckedupfoods There’s this explanation from youtube Water salt, acid from jalapeños, mixing together to make hydrogen gas when the aluminum spoon touches the salt bridge. The human had acts as the grounds while the aluminum spoon acts as a conductor making hydrogen gas causing explosions.” / Twitter
• Dementia (Demen para los amigos) on Twitter: “Claramente son solo pobres y morenos https://t.co/B7oJNTqoFV” / Twitter
• Does aluminium react with salt water? - Quora
• Aluminum contamination of food during culinary preparation: Case study with aluminum foil and consumers’ preferences - PMC
• carlsbad knedliky - czech bread dumplings - Whisked Away Kitchen
• Metals, aluminium and dementia | Alzheimer’s Society
• Amazon.com: Qtqgoitem Aluminum Kitchenware Cooking Tool Foldable Spoon (Model: 8b5 7e7 9eb a8b e46) : Home & Kitchen
• Genesis (band) - Wikipedia