577. Baking Cookies on Wax Paper

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 wax paper instead of parchment, is my food still safe to eat? : r/Cooking
• Wax Paper | Reynolds Brands
• Reynolds Group Holdings - Wikipedia
• Parchmentising - Wikipedia
• Twaddell scale - Wikipedia
• What is wax paper?

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

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 Driving Age, Driver Education, and Curfew Laws on Traffic Fatalities of 15–17 Year Olds1 - Levy - 1988 - Risk Analysis - Wiley Online Library
• Sixteen years age limit for learner drivers in Sweden—an evaluation of safety effects - ScienceDirect
• The learner's permit - ScienceDirect
• North Carolina Graduated Driver License Informational Handout

575. Ice Stored Under Factory Packaged Frozen Raw Ground Beef

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 Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli on the External Packaging of Raw Meat - ScienceDirect

574. Sawdust Bread

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 to Sawdust
• Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History - H. E. Jacob - Google Books
• Omnibus Episode 584: The Ice Trade (Entry 615.PS14717)
• Wood Dust - Overview | Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Is there a name for food grade sawdust? - Quora
• Wood Dust - Cancer-Causing Substances - NCI
• A Brief History of Wood Pulp in Food - Cornucopia Institute

573. Meringue

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming meringue.

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

572. Awning Drip Coffee

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 rainwater tanks | npj Clean Water
• 562. Using Graywater or Rainwater in a Bidet — Risky or Not?
• Microbiological Quality of Roof‐Harvested Rainwater and Health Risks: A Review - Ahmed - 2011 - Journal of Environmental Quality - Wiley Online Library
• Big Yellow Taxi - Wikipedia
• Raised on Robbery - Wikipedia
• Trans Canada Highwaymen - Trans Canada Highwaymen
• New Album: Some Guys - Jonathan Coulton

571. Hockey Ice Gum

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/etymology
• Zebrasclub - The #1 Online Store for Hockey Referee Equipment
• Human exposure to air contaminants in sports environments - Salonen - 2020 - Indoor Air - Wiley Online Library
• Multi-country outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infection linked to the international ice hockey tournament | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core

570. Ceviche

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 - ScienceDirect
• 129. Sushi From Non-Sushi Grade Fish — Risky or Not?
• sushi - Risky or Not?
• Ceviche - Google Scholar
• Ethnic food: A microbiological evaluation of black shellfish ceviche that is sold in typical restaurants - ScienceDirect
• Microbiological safety and quality of ceviche, poke, and sushi dishes sold at retail outlets in Orange County, CA04069-0.pdf)
• Is sushi safe?
• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC
• Ceviche Trends, Data and Analytics | Tastewise

569. Breast Milk White Russian Cocktail

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 👍🏼

• Coffee Creamer Note
• “Careful Man. There’s A Beverage Here!” 6 Variations On Lebowski’s White Russian
• Proper Storage and Preparation of Breast Milk | Breastfeeding | CDC
• Maternal and Infant Lactation Knowledge (MILK) Research and Education
• Storage of Unfed and Leftover Mothers' Own Milk - PubMed
• Stability of the Antimicrobial Capacity of Human Milk Against Cronobacter Sakazakii During Handling - PubMed

568. Sandy Ocean Rinsed Pizza

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 swimming-associated illness at marine beaches: a prospective cohort study | Environmental Health | Full Text
• 334. Snacklebox — Risky or Not?
• Shibumi Shade - The Original Wind Powered® Beach Shade
• NESO - Beach Tents, Furniture and more for your Next Sunny Adventure. – Neso

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

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 tetrachloroethene emissions from a dry cleaners- PubMed
• Perchloroethylene - Chemical Safety Facts

566. Weird Swedish Hard Cheese in International Mail

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 Cheeses Made with Mesophilic DL-Starter | 22 | H
• Dairy | Free Full-Text | Variation in Dairy Milk Composition and Properties Has Little Impact on Cheese Ripening: Insights from a Traditional Swedish Long-Ripening Cheese
• Ripening of extra-hard cheese made with mesophilic DL-starter - ScienceDirect

565. Cat's on the Cress

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 Disease: What Can I Catch from My Cat? | Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
• 115. Cats in the Kitchen — Risky or Not?
• 269. Cat Licked Cake — Risky or Not?
• 528. Richard's One Time, Eight Cat Focaccia — Risky or Not?
• 486. Cat Smelled Food — Risky or Not?
• Cat's in the Cradle - Wikipedia

564. Metallic Brined Turkey

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 comments are going wild y’all! The general consensus is that OP shouldn’t risk it and just toss it. https://t.co/iHoPJYUKHY https://t.co/ZFi5LDEZQ5" / X
• Can anybody tell me what happened : r/Chefit
• Risks of Practices, Procedures and Processes that Lead to Outbreaks of Foodborne Diseases - ScienceDirect
• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC
• Poultry: Basting, Brining, and Marinating | Food Safety and Inspection Service

563. Chris's Yogurt Without Heating

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 Simple
• NC State Extension - Troubleshooting Yogurt
• National Center for Home Food Preservation | Yogurt

562. Using Graywater or Rainwater in a Bidet

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 Nosocomial Infection - PMC
• Microbiological Quality of Roof‐Harvested Rainwater and Health Risks: A Review - Ahmed - 2011 - Journal of Environmental Quality - Wiley Online Library
• Microbiological investigations of rainwater and graywater collected for toilet flushing | Water Science & Technology | IWA Publishing
• Lifting the lid on toilet plume aerosol: A literature review with suggestions for future research - ScienceDirect
• Food Safety Talk 166: Surprising lack of cannibalism questions — Food Safety Talk

561. Edible Mascots

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 college bowl games - Wikipedia
• Michael Ç̸̠͎͉̹̼̠͔̗̓̐̐̓̓̀͝͝. Bazaco on sabbatical on X: "I assume that @benjaminchapman and @bugcounter already have this lined up for an episode?" / X

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

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

559. Waffles

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 Recalled on Listeria Fears - Consumer Reports
• Aunt Jemima frozen pancakes, waffles recalled | CNN
• There might be a little salmonella in your Publix waffle mix | Orlando | Orlando Weekly
• Eating not fully cooked waffle : r/Cooking
• Say No to Raw Dough | CDC
• Waffle House Make You sick? What you need to know
• Empower Brands Recalls PowerXL Stuffed Wafflizer Waffle Makers Due to Burn Hazard | CPSC.gov
• Van's Gluten Free Original Waffles recalled for possible wheat allergen - ABC News
• Kodiak Cakes Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Kodiak Cakes Blueberry Chia Energy Waffles 10.72 oz. Product UPC code is 7 05599 01215 0. | FDA
• Recalls Just Announced For 2 Popular Frozen Breakfast Items
• Great Value Buttermilk pancake mix recalled after potential contamination : NPR
• Multiple injuries reported after vehicle crashes into Tampa Waffle House
• Former waitress speaks out after violent assault at Chesterfield Waffle House
• A Video on Facebook
• Another Video on Facebook
• Chair-swinging Oxford, Mississippi Waffle House brawl caught on video - al.com
• Are Waffles Bad For You? - Here Is Your Answer.
• 483. Being in the Sun and Wiping Lime Juice on Your Skin — Risky or Not?
• waffle house fights porkbun.com | parked domain

558. Not Sanitizing a Food Thermometer

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 Certification and Thermometer Cross Contamination Risks | safefoodtraining.com
• How To Properly Clean A Meat Thermometer And Eliminate Bacteria
• Amazon.com: Testo 104-IR Infrared Thermometer Gun – Dual Temperature Gun for Surface and core temperatures – Waterproof Infrared Thermometer for up to 482 Degrees – HACCP Compliant : Industrial & Scientific
• O. Pete Snyder, food safety rock star | barfblog