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.

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Author

Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman

Category

Science

Podcast website

riskyornot.co

Latest episode

Oct 14, 2026

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Episodes

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...

576. Driving With a Teen on a Learner's Permit 14.02.2024

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 Analy...

575. Ice Stored Under Factory Packaged Frozen Raw Ground Beef 12.02.2024

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 09.02.2024

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 Ep...

573. Meringue 07.02.2024

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming meringue. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Raw Eggs—Lessons Learned From an Outbreak of Salmonella Sero… : Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Public Health Aspects of Cream-filled Pastries. A Review - ScienceDirect Thermal Conduction in Egg Albumen Foam (Meringue) during Heating Shell Eggs from Farm...

572. Awning Drip Coffee 05.02.2024

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...

571. Hockey Ice Gum 02.02.2024

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 e...

570. Ceviche 31.01.2024

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 Eth...

569. Breast Milk White Russian Cocktail 29.01.2024

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 👍🏼 Google Image Result "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 Edu...

568. Sandy Ocean Rinsed Pizza 26.01.2024

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....

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