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
Oct 14, 2026
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Episodes
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...
652. New York State Jam and Relish Purchased From a Farmers Market 09.08.2024 12:47
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from New York State jam and relish purchased from a farmers market. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Guidance on Sanitary Regulations for Something for everyone at Mennonite/Amish stores | | communitymediagroup.com Merch — Risky or Not?
651. Eating Fresh New York State Roadkill Bear Meat That's Properly Cooked 07.08.2024 20:13
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fresh New York State roadkill bear meat that's properly cooked. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? RFK Jr. admits he placed a dead bear cub in Central Park 10 years ago | CNN Politics RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain - The New York Times 626. Eating Rare Bear Meat — Risky or Not...
650. Yogurt From a Grocery Store Fridge With No Door 05.08.2024 8:01
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from yogurt purchased from a grocery store from a fridge with no door. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Risky or Not: Yogurt fridge with no door - Imgur A Horse with No Name - Wikipedia Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in Skim Milk and in Yogurt Mix during Fermentation by Thermophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria - ScienceDirect
649. Drinking Cicada-Infused Malört Shots 02.08.2024 16:52
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking cicada-infused Malört shots. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Hot Italian Giardiniera Recipe Chicago-style pizza - Wikipedia Flag of Chicago - Wikipedia Fort Dearborn - Wikipedia New Raleigh Flag Jeppson's Malört | A Chicago Icon : Malört John Hodgman Loves Malort: "It Tastes Like Pencil Shavings And Heartbreak" -...
648. Using a Turtle to Open a Beverage On a Golf Course 31.07.2024 11:30
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a turtle to open a beverage on a golf course. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ The Game Changerz | Turtle woods with the assist #golf #golfswing | Instagram Anheuser-Busch brands - Wikipedia 482. Using a Turtle to Open a Beverage — Risky or Not? Traumatic Amputation of Finger From an Alligator Snapping Turtle Bite - ScienceDirect...
647. Not Washing Hands After Pooping 29.07.2024 16:48
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not washing hands after pooping. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Poop in My Fingernails - YouTube O. Pete Snyder, food safety rock star | barfblog IAFP 2024 program book Wirecutter: New Product Reviews, Deals, and Buying Advice After I defecate and attempt to wipe, there's never anything on the toile...
646. Taking Your Coffee Cup Into the Bathroom With You 26.07.2024 13:03
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from taking your coffee cup into the bathroom with you while pooping. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? 645. Eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe — Risky or Not? Barenaked Ladies – Never Is Enough Lyrics | Genius Lyrics 395. Open Dippin' Dots in a Sporting Event Bathroom Stall — Risky or Not? Here's What Really...
645. Eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe 24.07.2024 13:27
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe (that's in Canada). Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bob and Doug McKenzie - Wikipedia O Canada - Wikipedia Toe Beans Cat Cafe - Eat, Drink, Adopt, Repeat Food | Toe Beans Cat Cafe - Eat, Drink, Adopt, Repeat Zoonotic Disease: What Can I Catch from My Cat? | Cornell University College of Vet...
644. Vacuum Packed Cheddar at Room Temperature for 24 hours 22.07.2024 16:02
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vacuum packaged cheddar cheese stored for 24 hours at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Urban Dictionary: I Do Declare CDPH Testing Confirms Botulism Linked to Nacho Cheese Sauce Consensus categorization of cheese based on water activity and pH—A rational approach to systemizing cheese...
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