Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman

Risky or Not?

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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.

Author

Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman

Category

Science

Podcast website

riskyornot.co

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

601. Reusing Electric Kettle Water 12.04.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing electric kettle water. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 102. Perpetual Stew — Risky or Not? Aqua | North Carolina Amazon.com: Capresso 259.04 H2O Plus Water Kettle, Matte Silver, 48-Ounce: Electric Kettle: Home & Kitchen Amazon.com: CACHOO Electric Gooseneck Kettle with Coffee Dripper, Pour Over Coffee Kettle, Hot Wat...

600. Eating Raw Chicken Every Day 10.04.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating raw chicken every day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Family Feud Florida man takes on bizarre challenge of eating raw chicken every day | WFLA Raw Chicken Experiment (@rawchickenexperiment) • Instagram photos and videos April Fools' Day - Wikipedia Baseline Data Raw Chicken Parts USDA Progress Report Salmonella Campylobacter CY...

599. Brining Meat in a Refrigerator Drawer 08.04.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brining meat in a refrigerator drawer without secondary containment. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Dinosaurs on the Ark | Answers in Genesis Mind the gap - Wikipedia You guys use the Turkey Brining drawer in your fridge too right? : r/smoking I tried to get a little creative and I told DALL·E to hide the episode number 599...

598. Laura's Misbehaving Fridge 05.04.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing food in a refrigerator that keeps food at 42-45 °F. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Changes to Cold Holding Temperatures and Date Marking- North Carolina Public Health The "Danger Zone" Reevaluated | Food Safety ComBase Home Parameters for Determining Inoculated Pack/Challenge Study Protocols - ScienceDirect

597. Using a Netipot with Tap Water 03.04.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a netipot with tap water. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Death by neti pot: Why you shouldn't use tap water to clean your sinuses | Ars Technica Early Release - Acanthamoeba Infection and Nasal Rinsing, United States, 1994–2022 - Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC Neti pot: Can...

596. Homemade Cashew Cheese 01.04.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of homemade cashew cheese. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ U.S. Consumer Practices of Homemade Nut-based Dairy Analogs and Soaked Nuts - ScienceDirect Go-to Cashew Cheese Recipe | The Full Helping Outbreak of S. Weltevreden linked to fermented cashew nut cheese in Victoria, BC Weltevreden (How to Pronounce Cities of the World)💬⭐🌍✅ - Yo...

595. Groceries in a Car Trunk in the Winter for Four and a Half Hours 29.03.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming groceries stored in a car trunk in the winter for about four and a half hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Welsh language - Wikipedia Story Arcs: 5 Elements, Examples & How To Write Them Well Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Post-lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products | Food Safety and...

594. Expired Sushi in a Unplugged Refrigerator for 7 Hours 27.03.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating out of date sushi from a refrigerator that was unplugged for about seven hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bug Juice Fruit Punch - The Nerdy Gourmet Bug Juice Drink Recipe - Punch Histamine fish poisoning: a common but frequently misdiagnosed condition - PubMed Histamine - Wikipedia FDA Chapter 7: Scombrotoxin (H...

593. Cooking With Aluminium Foil 25.03.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by cooking with aluminium foil. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Aluminum | Public Health Statement | ATSDR Leaching of aluminium from cookwares – a review | Environmental Geochemistry and Health The Effect of Cooking Conditions on Aluminum Concentrations of Seafood, Cooked in Aluminum Foil: Journal of Aquatic Food Product...

Eating Pickles From a Vat That a Man Dunked His Head Into 22.03.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pickles from a vat that someone has dunked their head into. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Glassboro police searching for man accused of dunking head in pickle jar at Heritage store - 6abc Philadelphia Sky blue beach chairs on West Main St #streetseats #street_seats #streetart #artiseverywhere #mendham #mendhamnj #me...

591. Drinking Water From Switzerland's 7,000 Lakes 20.03.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking untreated lakewater from Switzerland. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ IAFP Post on LinkedIn European Symposium - International Association for Food Protection Jet d'Eau - Wikipedia National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA) Increased Levels of Multiresistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes after Wastewater Treatme...

590. Kejni's Extra-Crispy Roast Potato Recipe 18.03.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving boiled chunks of Yukon gold potatoes at room temperature overnight. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ J. Kenji López-Alt James Neal (ice hockey) - Wikipedia Last night I followed the beginning of my extra-crispy roast potato recipe (I boiled chunks of Yukon golds in water with salt and a pinch… | Instagram Large Outbreak of Botuli...

589. Hamburger Left in Car for Three Days 15.03.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a smelly hamburger left in car for three days. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ All-American Cheeseburger - Nearby For Delivery or Pick Up | Buffalo Wild Wings McDonald's Burger Survives 20 Years and Still Looks Fresh off the Grill - Interesting Engineering Control of Clostridium perfringens in Cooked Ground Beef by Carvacrol, Cin...

588. Swollen Can of Surströmming 13.03.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating surströmming from a swollen can. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Surströmming - Wikipedia Fermented and ripened fish products in the northern European countries - ScienceDirect Discovering microbiota and volatile compounds of surströmming, the traditional Swedish sour herring - ScienceDirect Safety of Fermented Fish P...

587. Homemade Jerky From Facebook Marketplace 11.03.2024

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 Poultry Jerky Produced by Small and Very Small Establishments | Food Safety and Inspection Service Jersey Mike's Subs...

586. Jane's Raw Ground Beef in the Deli Station 08.03.2024

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 Safety and Inspection Service Sampling Verification Activities for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli (STE...

585. Drinking From a "Common Cup" for Communion 06.03.2024

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 Transmission from a Common Communion Cup - St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church & School Risk of Infectious Disease Trans...

584. Chicken Washed With Bleach and Soap 04.03.2024

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 Ch...

583. Food From a Table With Live Fish Swimming in It 01.03.2024

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 | Instagram XIMU Tea House Place a table by the window for coffee and fish farming.#table#teatable#coffeet...

582. Soup After Someone Has Tasted That Soup From the Ladle in a Grocery Store Hot Bar 28.02.2024

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 Minimally Invasive Saliva Testing to Monitor Norovirus Infection in Community Settings | The Journal of Infectious Di...

581. Bread Pudding Made From a 2 Year Old Child's Leftover Crusts 26.02.2024

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 Bread and Butter Pudding | RecipeTin Eats Effect of Water Activity on the Growth Kinetics of Staphylococcus aur...

580. Not Washing Hand Towels After 3 Uses 23.02.2024

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 Washing Your Bathroom Hand Towels Enough? Bacterial Occurrence in Kitchen Hand Towels The microbiological quality o...

579. Mike's Car Baked Mac and Cheese 21.02.2024

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 Mac and Cheese Review - Costcuisine Imgur image of the item Presentation: An Assessment of Time/Temperature Co...

578. Haley's Aunt's Car "Refrigerator" 19.02.2024

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 monocytogenes Dose Response Revisited—Incorporating Adjustments for Variability in Strain Virulence and Host Susceptibility...

577. Baking Cookies on Wax Paper 16.02.2024

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 Grou...

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