755. Reusable Straws

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using re-usable straws.

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

• Eat or Toss? Is it OK to eat?
• 475. Bamboo Straw Used for Smoothies Without a Brush for Cleaning — Risky or Not?
• Food Safety Talk 33: Fresh Produce Punk Rock Hippieness — Food Safety Talk
• View of Do reusables pose greater infectious risks than disposables for consumer goods? A systematic literature review
• Guidance Document for the Safe Reuse of Containers | Conference-Developed Guides and Documents | Conference for Food Protection

612. Making Smoothies in a Blender Carafe and Rinsing With Very Hot and High Pressure Water but No Soap

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making smoothies in a blender carafe and rinsing with very hot and high pressure water but no soap.

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

• High Performance Blenders - Blending Machines | Vitamix
• I Love Lucy | Lucy's Vitameatavegimen Commercial (S1, E30) | Paramount+ - YouTube
• Mark Knopfler - Boom, Like That Lyrics | SongMeanings
• Whole genome sequencing analyses of Listeria monocytogenes that persisted in a milkshake machine for a year and caused illnesses in Washington State | BMC Microbiology
• Infectious Dose of Listeria monocytogenes in Outbreak Linked to Ice Cream, United States, 2015 - PMC
• Frontiers | Recovery and Growth Potential of Listeria monocytogenes in Temperature Abused Milkshakes Prepared from Naturally Contaminated Ice Cream Linked to a Listeriosis Outbreak
• Amazon.com: nutribullet Personal Blender for Shakes, Smoothies, Food Prep, and Frozen Blending, 24 Ounces, 600 Watt, Gray, (NBR-0601) : Everything Else
• Amazon.com: For Vitamix Blender Pitcher 64oz, Replace 5200 5000 6500 7500 Pro500 750 Vita-Prep vm0101 vm0102 vm0103 vm0197 E310 320 asy172 Classic/Explorian/Commercial series etc Container Jar Cup,3 YR Warranty : Home & Kitchen
• Amazon.com: 64 oz Replacement Container Pitcher Jar w/Lid and Blade for Vitamix Blenders (Low-Profile) : Home & Kitchen
• How to Change a Vitamix Blade by Raw Blend | Video - YouTube
• Care and Maintenance-Frequently Asked Questions-Household Resources | Vitamix
• Flange - Wikipedia

584. Chicken Washed With Bleach and Soap

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 Disinfecting With Bleach | CDC
• Effect of Exposure of Meat and Poultry to Chlorinated Water on the Retention of Chlorinated Compounds and Water - Cunningham - 1977 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Su1776 A Series of Detergent Pod Ingestions in Toddlers - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Household bleaches based on sodium hypochlorite: Review of acute toxicology and poison control center experience - ScienceDirect
• Cleaning and Disinfectant Chemical Exposures and Temporal Associations with COVID-19 — National Poison Data System, United States, January 1, 2020–March 31, 2020 | MMWR

411. Brewing More Coffee Without Cleaning the Carafe and Filter Basket

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brewing more coffee without cleaning the carafe and filter basket.

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

• Risky or Not? episodes with Coffee tag