Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
Risky or Not?
Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.
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Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
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Latest episode
Jul 10, 2026
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Episodes
677. Eating a Properly Cooked Egg With a Crack in It 07.10.2024 11:22
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a properly cooked egg with a crack in it. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 egg - Risky or Not? Home - American Egg Board Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in raw eggs and it's growth and enterotoxin a production in egg contents - ScienceDirect Methods and Factors That Affect the Measurement of...
676. Drinking Beer When the Bottle Has Been in Contact With the Beer 04.10.2024 9:21
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks drinking beer from glasses when the bottle has been inside the glass and in contact with the beer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Cocktail School | Especially if the bottle is dirty Via: unknown | Instagram Survival of Foodborne Pathogens in Low and Nonalcoholic Craft Beer - ScienceDirect Survival of Foodborne Pathogenic Bacte...
675. Working Out in a Gym With a Live Chicken 02.10.2024 8:55
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from working out in a gym with a live chicken. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Monmouth University CDC warns of Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard poultry flocks | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC Risk factors for Salmonella persistence after cleansing and disinfection in French broiler-chicken houses - ScienceDirect 611. Eating...
674. Open Can of Soup Outdoors in the Summer for More Than a Day 30.09.2024 7:48
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of food poisoning from an open can of soup on public stairway in the midwest summer for more than a day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 80. Old canned soup — Risky or Not? 42: Reboiling Soup — Risky or Not? 236. Eating 2,400 Year Old Soup — Risky or Not? 498. Room Temperature Canned Chicken Noodle Soup — Risky or Not?
673. Ramen 27.09.2024 12:04
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from ramen based on a TikTok warning. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 ramen recalled | TikTok PolitiFact | CDC hasn't warned about deadly ramen noodles, despite social media claims about the ramen recalls : r/ramen Ramen noodles 5 kids lost is this real contaminated food dangerous foo… | Ramen Noodles Recall Alert | TikTok
672. Plastic Cutting Boards Because of Microplastics 25.09.2024 12:16
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from microplastics from cutting boards. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Cutting Boards: An Overlooked Source of Microplastics in Human Food? | Environmental Science & Technology Microplastic Contamination of Chicken Meat and Fish through Plastic Cutting Boards - PubMed Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Foods | FDA Human Consump...
671. Older Man Kayaking With Fresh Wounds in Water Which Regularly Fails Coliform Tests 23.09.2024 13:06
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of kayaking with fresh wounds in water which regularly fails coliform tests while elderly. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Kayaking - Wikipedia Paddle Board vs. Kayak: Which should you buy? | THURSO SURF Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership | Sharing information about New Jersey's Lower Raritan Watershed.
670. Cooking Salmon on Moldy Cedar Planks 20.09.2024 12:05
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating salmon cooked on moldy cedar planks. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Sprouts 3.5 X 7 Cedar Plank | Shop Online, Shopping List, Digital Coupons | Sprouts Farmers Market The fate of mycotoxins during thermal food processing - Kabak - 2009 - Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture - Wiley Online Library Stability of myc...
669. Items Washed Twice in a Festered Moldy Dishwasher 18.09.2024 8:24
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating off plates covered in mold after they were washed twice in an automatic dishwasher on the sanitize cycle. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Method to Evaluate Factors Influencing the Microbial Reduction in Domestic Dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic How to Clean a Dishwasher of Mold and Othe...
668. Using a Microwave Because They Are Contaminated With Bacteria 16.09.2024 11:43
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking foods in microwaves because of cross-contamination from the cavity. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Frontiers | The microwave bacteriome: biodiversity of domestic and laboratory microwave ovens Can you use the plastic cake covers you get at the store and use them as microwave covers? - Quora
667. Cooking Dry Beans in Slow Cookers 13.09.2024 10:50
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking dry beans in slow cookers. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Chow Line: Dry kidney beans need to be boiled | CFAES Cooking (and Canning) Kidney Beans Canning Dry Beans: It Matters How They Go in the Jar - National Center for Home Food Preservation FDA Bad Bug Book Toxicity of Kidney Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris) With Particular Ref...
666. Drinking Alcohol from Uranium Glassware 11.09.2024 22:48
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking alcohol from uranium glassware. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helpless Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Conversion: Port Hope | Cameco Port Hope, Ontario - Wikipedia Port Hope Area Initiative - Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Marie Curie - Wikipedia The Black Hole of the Canadian Nuclear Industr...
665. Leaving a Cut Unripe Avocado at Room Temperature for a Day 09.09.2024 11:30
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from leaving a cut unripe avocado at room temperature for a day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Christopher Kimball's Milk Street | Recipes, TV and Cooking Tips America's Test Kitchen: Recipes & Reviews You Can Trust | Stream Every Episode | America's Test Kitchen Richard Kimble | The Fugitive Wiki | Fandom Salmonella, Listeria monocytoge...
664. Putting Chairs on a Sanitized Restaurant Table 06.09.2024 12:03
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed to diners when chairs are placed on sanitized tables. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Consumer Perceptions, Pathogen Detection, and Removal Rate Determination in Market-style Restaurants A Survey of Microbial Contamination on Restaurant Nonfood‐Contact Surfaces - Patel - 2017 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Librar...
663. Eating Foods With Pathogens as Long as You Are Drinking Alcohol 04.09.2024 13:09
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pathogen laden food while drinking alcohol. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ ཨ་རིའི་གླུ་མ་ Amalia སེང་འབྲུག་མཚོ། | #foodsafety #health #sterilization #sanitization #lifehack | Instagram Epidemiology The protective effect of alcohol on the occurrence of epidemic oyster-borne hepatitis A - PubMed Bellido-Blasco: The protective effec...
662. Enjoying a Sourtoe Cocktail 02.09.2024 9:19
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking a cocktail made with a mummified toe. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The history of the Sourtoe Cocktail: a shot of whiskey garnished with a human toe | Short Docs Food Safety Talk 176: Bug Book — Food Safety Talk Sourtoe: The Story of the Sorry Cannibal | Short Docs
661. Blowing Air Over Raw Chicken 30.08.2024 13:57
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of blowing air over raw chicken. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Alton Brown | Dry that chicken! #chicken #refrigeratorlife #goodeats | Instagram Brian Brozovic on X: "#riskyornot, taking into account FSIS Appendix A will be followed for cooking, so specifically airborne risk from household fan being applied to direct surface o...
660. Coffee Made With Water From a Strangers Water Bottle 28.08.2024 12:58
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking coffee made with water from a strangers water bottle. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Cleanliness of Reusable Water Bottles: How Contamination Levels are Affected by Bottle Usage and Cleaning Behaviors of Bottle Owners Bacterial water quality in the personal water bottles of elementary students - PubMed saliva...
659. Drinking Coffee or Tea on an Airplane 26.08.2024 16:53
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking coffee or tea brewed on an airplane Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Why You Shouldn't Order Coffee or Tea on an Airplane 2019 Airline Water Study by CUNY's Hunter Col | EurekAlert! IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Bacteria that Travel: The Quality of Aircraft Water IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Microbial Contamination in the...
658. Eating Fish in the Olympic Village 23.08.2024 10:44
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fish in the Olympic Village. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Food Vision - Paris 2024 Illness-Causing Fish Parasites (Worms) Effect of Lime Juice on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella enterica Inactivation during the Preparation of the Raw Fish Dish Ceviche - ScienceDirect Response to the questions posed by the...
657. Swimming in the Seine during the 2024 Olympics 21.08.2024 14:04
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from swimming in the Seine during the 2024 Olympics. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Merch — Risky or Not? Olympic Marathon Swimming | Paris 2024 Olympics Three German swimmers fall ill after Olympic races in the Seine | AP News Triathlon - Wikipedia Why Olympic athletes may be getting sick from swimming in the Seine - The Washington Post...
656. Eating Fruit and Vegetables Washed With Cleaning Vinegar 19.08.2024 14:45
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fruit and vegetables washed with cleaning vinegar. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 628. Washing Produce in the Dishwasher — Risky or Not? Great Value Cleaning Vinegar All-Purpose Cleaner, 64 fl oz - Walmart.com Ingredient Disclosure - Great Value Cleaning Vinegar All Purpose Cleaner CAS REGISTRY | CAS CAS 64-19-7 |...
655. Eating Moldy Food on a Delta Flight 16.08.2024 13:19
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating moldy food on a flight. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helpless Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Delta Flight Diverts Plane After Serving Contaminated Food | Inside Edition Flight diverted to JFK after passengers served spoiled food: Delta Photos of Delta Airlines' 'Spoiled' Meals Show Mold Growing on Food...
654. Cut Watermelon at Room Temperature for One Day or More 14.08.2024 10:08
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cut watermelon at room temperature for a day or more. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Modeling the growth of Listeria monocytogenes on cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon - ScienceDirect Survival and Growth of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Cantaloupe and Watermelon - ScienceDirect Growth of Salmonella spp. i...
653. New York Times Escovitch Fish Recipe at Room Temperature for 12 Hours 12.08.2024 18:08
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating escovitch that has been held at room temperature for 12 hours. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Escovitch Fish Recipe Ceviche - Wikipedia Escovitch food poisoning - Google Scholar Effect of Lime Juice on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella enterica Inactivation during the Preparation of the Raw Fish Dish Ceviche - Scien...
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