Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a beer canning line to package low acid canned food that will not be refrigerated.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Chumbawamba - Tubthumping - YouTube
• Iron Heart Mobile Canning | The Leader In Quality Canning
• Death Wish Coffee Co. Announces Recall of Nitro Cold Brew Cans From Retailers, Online Sales | FDA
• WO2022082110A1 - C. bot prevention in coffee - Google Patents
• Canned coffee products sold under 128 coffee roaster names recalled over potential Clostridium botulinum contamination | Food Safety News

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing garlic confit at 37 °C (in Ben's refrigerator) for two weeks.

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

• Garlic-in-oil associated botulism: episode leads to product modification. | AJPH | Vol. 80 Issue 11
• Botulism from Chopped Garlic: Delayed Recognition of a Major Outbreak | Annals of Internal Medicine
• Outgrowth and Toxin Production by Clostridium botulinum in Bottled Chopped Garlic - ScienceDirect
• Conservative Prediction of Time to Clostridium botulinum Toxin Formation for Use with Time-Temperature Indicators To Ensure the Safety of Foods - ScienceDirect
• Current Food Safety Issues of Home-prepared Vegetables and Herbs Stored in Oil
• Garlic Confit Recipe
• 78. Garlic Confit — Risky or Not?
• The Use and Performance of Household Refrigerators: A Review - James - 2017 - Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety - Wiley Online Library

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks if you don't drink 8 glasses of water a day.

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

• Do you really need to drink water? Find out here | TikTok
• The Water Myth | Office for Science and Society - McGill University
• | Office for Science and Society - McGill University
• Effect of Coaching to Increase Water Intake on Kidney Function Decline in Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease: The CKD WIT Randomized Clinical Trial | Urology | JAMA | JAMA Network
• Hyponatremia - Wikipedia
• https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm
• The Certainty Illusion by Timothy Caulfield: 9780735245884 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
• Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of going to the beach with a Vibrio vulnificus alert.

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

• Department of Public Health alerts public to rare Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in coastal waters | Mass.gov
• About Vibrio Infection | Vibrio Infection | CDC
• Quantitative Risk Assessment on the Public Health Impact of Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Raw Oysters | FDA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of just washing produce in plain water vs. a fancy gizmo.

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

• Garrnish Pesticide Purifier: The Complete Fruit and Vegetable Cleaner – garrnish
• Pesticide Residue Monitoring Report and Data for FY 2022 | FDA
• Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program Questions and Answers | FDA
• Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program Reports and Data | FDA
• Removal of 16 pesticide residues from strawberries by washing with tap and ozone water, ultrasonic cleaning and boiling | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating shrimp impacted by the recent recall.

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

• FDA Advises Public Not to Eat, Sell, or Serve Certain Imported Frozen Shrimp from an Indonesian Firm | FDA
• Walmart recalls its frozen shrimp in 13 states, citing potential radioactive contamination | PBS News
• Supporting Document for Guidance Levels for Radionuclides in Domestic and Imported Foods | FDA
• This fact sheet answers the most frequently asked health questions (FAQs) about cesium
• MEASUREMENT OF CESIUM‐137 IN FOODSTUFFS
• The transfer of cesium-137 and strontium-90 from soil to food crops after the Chernobyl accident - ScienceDirect
• In situ measurement of cesium-137 contamination in fruits from the northern Marshall Islands
• Cesium-137 | Radiation Emergencies | CDC
• Caesium-137 - Wikipedia
• You Can Call Me Al - The Paul Simon Official Site

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming teewurst that is made from raw meat which says that it must be cooked to 165°F.

• Teawurst
• Bain-marie - Wikipedia
• Microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods Part 1: Food attribution, analytical methods and indicators
• Hepatitis E - Wikipedia
• Hepatitis E
• Hepatitis E Basics | Hepatitis E | CDC
• Reimar Johne: Microbiology H-index & Awards - Academic Profile | Research.com
• Teewurst | Local Sausage From Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany | TasteAtlas
• A long-lasting outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium U323 associated with several pork products, Denmark, 2010 - PMC
• A large outbreak of hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by an unusual sorbitol-fermenting strain of Escherichia coli O157:H- - PubMed
• Behavior of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella Typhimurium in teewurst, a raw spreadable sausage - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from squishing a bug that smells like maple syrup.

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

• Maple syrup smelling bug
• Boxelder bugs | UMN Extension
• Heritage Minutes: Wilder Penfield - YouTube
• Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas | SCTV | Great White North: Canadian Education - YouTube
• Is Smelling Burnt Toast a Sign That You're Having a Stroke? - HealthyWomen

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from soaking cedar planks to be used for cooking salmon in water at room temperature.

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

• 670. Cooking Salmon on Moldy Cedar Planks — Risky or Not?
• FDA Food Code | FDA
• Food Code 2022 | FDA
• Cutting Boards of Plastic and Wood Contaminated Experimentally with Bacteria - ScienceDirect
• Touch the wood: Antimicrobial properties of wooden and other solid material surfaces differ between dry and moist contamination in public and laboratory exposure - ScienceDirect
• Florida Chapter_64E_11.pdf
• Washington State Retail Food Code

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving raspberries at room temperature for about 28 hours.

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

• Post by @batecho.bsky.social — Bluesky
• 707. Eating Fruit That's Been Bitten by a Bat — Risky or Not?
• Pathogen Modeling Program (PMP) pH of Selected Foods
• Microbiological Surveillance Sampling: FY 19-23 Frozen Berries (Strawberries, Raspberries and Blackberries) | FDA
• Qualitative Risk Assessment Cyclospora cayetanensis on Fresh Raspberries and Blackberries
• Lee-Ann Jaykus | Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences
• Survival of Foodborne Pathogens on Berries