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587. Homemade Jerky From Facebook Marketplace

Risky or Not? - March 11, 2024 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating homemade beef jerky from facebook marketplace. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Marketplace - Beef jerky | Facebook Jerky and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS Compliance Guideline for Meat and Poul...

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586. Jane's Raw Ground Beef in the Deli Station

Risky or Not? - March 08, 2024 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing raw ground beef in a deli preparation station near ready-to-eat foods. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ground Beef Products That Tested Positive for E. Coli O157:H7 | Food Safet...

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585. Drinking From a "Common Cup" for Communion

Risky or Not? - March 06, 2024 12:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking from a “common cup” for communion. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Holy Communion and Infection Transmission: A Literature Review - PMC Risk of the Common Communion Cup Risk of Infectious Disease Transmissio...

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584. Chicken Washed With Bleach and Soap

Risky or Not? - March 04, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating chicken washed with bleach and soap Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ KING 👑 on X: “If y’all needed some understanding as to why you don’t eat at everybody’s house here’s some. https://t.co/N2BDpDavRq” / X Cleaning and Dis...

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583. Food From a Table With Live Fish Swimming in It

Risky or Not? - March 01, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating at a table with live fish swimming in it. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 A tea table with a filter#teatable #table #coffeetable #diningtable #woodentable #desk #carpentry #fishculture #fish #growflowers #tealife |...

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582. Soup After Someone Has Tasted That Soup From the Ladle in a Grocery Store Hot Bar

Risky or Not? - February 28, 2024 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of getting soup after someone has tasted that soup from the ladle in a grocery store hot bar. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 @ask_aubry • This is why I have trust issues. • Threads Serving Up Safe Buffets | FDA Minimall...

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581. Bread Pudding Made From a 2 Year Old Child's Leftover Crusts

Risky or Not? - February 26, 2024 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of bread pudding made from a 2 year old child’s leftover crusts. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 My 2yo son doesn’t eat the crusts of his toast, so we save them up and make bread and butter pudding. : r/shittyfoodporn Brea...

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580. Not Washing Hand Towels After 3 Uses

Risky or Not? - February 23, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of not washing hand towels after 3 uses. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How Often Should You Wash Your Bath Towel? | Houston Methodist On Health A Study of Bacterial Contaminants of Cloth and Paper Towels Are You Washi...

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579. Mike's Car Baked Mac and Cheese

Risky or Not? - February 21, 2024 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Mike’s car baked mac and cheese at Bonnaroo. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 568. Sandy Ocean Rinsed Pizza — Risky or Not? Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival – Manchester, TN | June 13-16, 2024 Costco Kirkland Signature M...

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578. Haley's Aunt's Car "Refrigerator"

Risky or Not? - February 19, 2024 12:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Haley’s Aunt using her car as a refrigerator. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Costco Chicken Pot Pie (Calories, Nutrition, more!) Kirkland Signature Spiral Sliced Ham, Hickory Smoked, 9 lb avg wt | Costco Listeria monocytoge...

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577. Baking Cookies on Wax Paper

Risky or Not? - February 16, 2024 12:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from baking cookies on wax paper. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Loonies and Toonies Canadian Dollar Coins pre taped call in show - YouTube Ash Wednesday - Wikipedia Can You Bake With Wax Paper?  | MyRecipes used ...

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576. Driving With a Teen on a Learner's Permit

Risky or Not? - February 14, 2024 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with teenagers driving with a learners permit. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Points of Personal Privilege Analysis of the fatal crash involvements of 15-year-old drivers - ScienceDirect The Effects of Driv...

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575. Ice Stored Under Factory Packaged Frozen Raw Ground Beef

Risky or Not? - February 12, 2024 12:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming ice stored under factory package frozen raw ground beef. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 80% Lean Ground Beef | ALDI US  Thermal Expansion and Density | EARTH 111: Water: Science and Society Prevalence of ...

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574. Sawdust Bread

Risky or Not? - February 09, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating bread made with some amount of sawdust. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Can I taste the difference between six different “flavors” of sawdust bread? - YouTube Chapter 3 - Carbohydrates - From Glucose to Oat Bran ...

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573. Meringue

Risky or Not? - February 07, 2024 12:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming meringue. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Raw Eggs—Lessons Learned From an Outbreak of Salmonella Sero… : Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Public Health Aspects of Cream-filled Pastries. A R...

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572. Awning Drip Coffee

Risky or Not? - February 05, 2024 12:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking a cup of coffee into which a drop of water from an awning has fallen. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 A global review of the microbiological quality and potential health risks associated with roof-harvested rainwa...

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571. Hockey Ice Gum

Risky or Not? - February 02, 2024 12:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of chewing a piece of gum that you picked off the ice at a hockey game. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 176. Beer Brewed With Hockey Ice — Risky or Not? Ken Kesey - Wikiquote Who coined “don’t yuck my yum”? : r/etymolog...

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570. Ceviche

Risky or Not? - January 31, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating ceviche. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Ceviche - Wikipedia Effect of Lime Juice on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella enterica Inactivation during the Preparation of the Raw Fish Dish Ceviche - ScienceDir...

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569. Breast Milk White Russian Cocktail

Risky or Not? - January 29, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking a White Russian cocktail made with human breastmilk. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Google Image Result “Careful Man. There’s A Beverage Here!” 6 Variations On Lebowski’s White Russian Proper Storage and P...

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568. Sandy Ocean Rinsed Pizza

Risky or Not? - January 26, 2024 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating pizza dropped in the sand and rinsed in the ocean. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Radiation Vibe - Wikipedia 448. Pool Pizza — Risky or Not? Rapidly measured indicators of recreational water quality and swim...

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567. Growing Vegetables by a Restaurant That Used to Be a Dry Cleaners

Risky or Not? - January 24, 2024 12:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vegetables grown near a restaurant that used to be a dry cleaners. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Dry cleaning - Wikipedia TuscNY - Tuscaloosa - Menu & Hours - Order Delivery Contamination of foodstuff by gases from...

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566. Weird Swedish Hard Cheese in International Mail

Risky or Not? - January 22, 2024 12:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sending Västerbotten cheese via international mail. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Västerbotten cheese - Wikipedia The cheese that can’t be moved CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 Semihard Scandinavian C...

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565. Cat's on the Cress

Risky or Not? - January 19, 2024 12:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating leafy greens that a cat has laid on. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 15 Fascinating Facts About the Orange Tabby Cat - Catster Garden cress for culinary seasoning and as a medicinal herb | Britannica Zoonotic D...

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564. Metallic Brined Turkey

Risky or Not? - January 17, 2024 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a turkey that looks metallic after the brining process. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 8Bit Mickey is COMING TO YOU LIVE… on X: “Some dude accidentally infused his Turkey with metal during the brining process and the com...

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563. Chris's Yogurt Without Heating

Risky or Not? - January 15, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making yogurt at home without first heating the pasteurized milk. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼  Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Yogurt - Wikipedia How To Make Yogurt at Home (Easy Step-by-Step Recipe) | The Kitchn WSU Extension | Yogurt Made Sim...

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562. Using Graywater or Rainwater in a Bidet

Risky or Not? - January 12, 2024 12:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using graywater or rainwater in a bidet. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Don’t make these 4 mistakes when buying a bidet! Bidet water source - rainwater tank? : r/Plumbing Bidet Toilet Use May Cause Anal Symptoms and Nosoc...

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561. Edible Mascots

Risky or Not? - January 10, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a football mascot that is a Pop-Tart® Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Michael Ç̸̠͎͉̹̼̠͔̗̓̐̐̓̓̀͝͝. Bazaco on sabbatical on X: “MAKE THIS BOWL THE CFB FINAL NEXT YEAR, IMMEDIATELY, YOU COWARDS!!!” / X List of colle...

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560. Exposing Mark's Elderly Parents to Very Cold Food

Risky or Not? - January 08, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks implied by a refrigerator thermometer should the refrigerator get too cold. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Freeze concentration | Sulzer Understanding the Process of Freezing

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559. Waffles

Risky or Not? - January 05, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of a topic that Ben has long wanted to cover: waffles. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 543. Eating Table Syrup From IHOP Containing Food Hidden by College Students — Risky or Not? Contact us — Risky or Not? Eggo Waffles...

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558. Not Sanitizing a Food Thermometer

Risky or Not? - January 03, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of not sanitizing a food thermometer between uses. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Classic Thermapen® - Baking Thermometer | King Arthur Baking Waterproof Pocket Digital Thermometer PDT300 from Comark MN Food Safety Ce...

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