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
852. Prosciutto Di Parma at Room Temperature for Months 19.11.2025 14:37
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating hand sliced Prosciutto ham stored at room temperature for months. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Prosciutto - Wikipedia Prosciutto Di Parma Specifications Influence of Water Activity on Growth and Enterotoxin Formation by Staphylococcus aureus in Foods - Troller- 1975 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Libra...
851. Eric's Fizzy Grapefuit Juice 17.11.2025 18:43
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming in date but fizzy grapefruit juice from a mechanically stressed container. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 There's No Crying in Baseball - A League of Their Own (5/8) Movie CLIP (1992) HD - YouTube It's Not My Fault But It Is My Problem | Psychology Today Are the Twins From the Netflix Documentary Experiment Sti...
850. Dishwasher Lasagna 14.11.2025 15:56
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating dishwasher lasagna (aka lasagna alla lavastoviglie) Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 753. Re-Heating Leftovers Indefinitely and the Lasagna of Theseus — Risky or Not? 195. Dishwasher Salmon — Risky or Not? How To Make Lasagna Without An Oven, with Peter Sagal : How To Do Everything : NPR Transcript for How To Make L...
849. Eating a Hollywood Chewing-Gum Cardboard Box 12.11.2025 12:05
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Eating a Cardboard Box of Hollywood Chewing-Gum, Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Is it safe to eat cardboard? : r/stupidquestions Hollywood 2fresh (FreshenUp) Chewing Gum - Peppermint | EVN Green Mint Chewing-Gum Hollywood | Buy Online | My French Grocery Full article: Food contact materials: an effect-based evaluation of...
848. Cooking Stuffing Inside the Turkey 10.11.2025 14:12
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking stuffing inside the turkey. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 John Wyatt on X: "Today I get to enjoy the yearly tradition where my father gives me a hard time about insisting that stuffing be cooked in the bird when I should "know better" because I'm a health inspector (It's my favourite food, and the risk is easily...
847. Using a "Found" Pocket Mouth Guard 07.11.2025 19:27
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a mouthguard from the coaches mouthguard pocket. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Hockey Song by Warren Zevon - YouTube The Planet Smashers - Uncle Gordie - YouTube Amazon.com: Zen Driving: Be a Buddha Behind the Wheel of Your Automobile: 9780345353504: Berger, K.T.: Books 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a...
846. Spraying Mouthguard With Ethanol and Propanol 05.11.2025 13:52
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from spraying mouthguard with ethanol and propanol. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Isopropanol poisoning: Clinical Toxicology: Vol 52, No 5 Clean with 'alcohol'? | TrumpetBoards SISU Fresh Cinnamint 1 oz. Mouthguard Spray : Target SafeJawz Mouthguard Disinfectant Spray. Mint Flavoured – Fighters Inc. - Martial Arts Equipmen...
845. Family Dinner Into Which a Cat Dropped a Mouse 03.11.2025 17:57
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating dinner into which a cat dropped a mouse. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Security camera catches cat dropping mouse into human family's dinner - UPI.com Food Defect Levels Handbook | FDA Survival of leptospires in the environment - Leptospirosis Information Ecologic studies of rodent reservoirs: their relevance f...
844. Eating Candy Given to You by a Streaker 31.10.2025 11:42
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating candy given to you by a streaker. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Streaking - Wikipedia What was it like to take the final exam at Dartmouth where '[t]wo women streaked […], throwing out candy'? - Quora Ian McKellen (Gandalf) takes a break on his MacBook Pro while filming "The Hobbit" : r/Moviesinthema...
843. Properly Cooked Isopod Fish Tongue Parasite 29.10.2025 7:47
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a properly cooked isopod fish tongue parasite. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Fish at the grocery store had one of those isopod tongue parasites : r/mildlyinteresting Cymothoa exigua - Wikipedia Parasite Replaces A Fish's Tongue : r/ScavengersReign Giant isopod - Wikipedia Tongue-eating parasites inspire new horror...
842. Freezing Parboiled Potatoes in Large Masses 27.10.2025 13:57
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with freezing parboiled potatoes in bulk so they cool slowly. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Freezing New Irish Potatoes - National Center for Home Food Preservation Parboiling - Wikipedia Black Sabbath – War Pigs Lyri...
841. Watered Down Hand Soap 24.10.2025 14:23
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using watered down hand soap. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Influence of Soap Characteristics and Food Service Facility Type on the Degree of Bacterial Contamination of Open, Refillable Bulk Soaps - ScienceDirect
840. DIY French Burger Kit 22.10.2025 13:34
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food from a DIY french burger kit. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ DIY Burger Kit in France : r/mildlyinteresting Monty Python - The French Taunter - HD WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - YouTube Fresh Ground Beef Color: A Consumer Guide Costco's New Pre-Made Burgers Leave Much To Be Desired New at our Costco - Verona, WI. Bacon Cheddar...
839. 24 Hour Old Pumpkin Spice Latte 20.10.2025 18:25
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking a 24 hour old Pumpkin Spice Latte. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Home – KonMari | The Official Website of Marie Kondo Pumpkin Spice Latte: Starbucks Coffee Company Significance of Bacterial Spores in Milk - ScienceDirect Short communication: Bacterial ecology of high-temperature, short-time pasteurized milk processed...
838. Opened Refrigerated Organic Lemonade After 4 Weeks 17.10.2025 12:52
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming opened organic lemonade refrigerated for 4 weeks. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Kirkland Signature, Organic Lemonade, 96 fl oz, 2-Count | Costco mycotoxin fruit juice - Google Scholar Mycotoxins in Fruits, Fruit Juices, and Dried Fruits - ScienceDirect Ochratoxin A in beverages from Morocco: a preliminary su...
837. Eating Powdered Teflon 15.10.2025 9:36
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from deliberately eating powdered teflon. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony – Improbable Research Teflon diet, garlic milk and zebra cows triumph at 2025 Ig Nobel prizes | Ig Nobel prizes | The Guardian Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners - Ars Technica Polytetrafluoroethylene Ing...
836. Canned Pet Food 13.10.2025 10:54
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned pet food. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Jim Nielsen: "My wife came home with a giant…" - Mastodon Nummy Tum-Tum Pure Organic Pumpkin Canned Dog & Cat Food Supplement | Chewy (Free Shipping) Whats the Difference Between Raw and Pasteurized Milk? Pet Food | FDA
835. "Cooking" a Wrapped Egg in a Compost Pile 10.10.2025 12:35
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking a wrapped egg in a compost pile. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Composting Temperature Egg update : r/composting Onsen Tamago (Japanese-style Soft-Boiled Egg) - RecipeTin Japan British Lion Eggs | What Does the Lion Stamp Mean | Egg Info Cooking Eggs Sous Vide
834. Washing Drinking Glasses With Only Hot Water and Friction 08.10.2025 13:24
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing drinking glasses with only hot water and friction. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Still too hot: Examination of water temperature and water heater characteristics 24 years after manufacturers adopt voluntary temperature setting - PMC Quantifying the Effects of Water Temperature, Soap Volume, Lather Time, and Antimic...
833. British Dishwashing Method 06.10.2025 17:48
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using the British dishwashing method. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bacon Method Instagram Is It Safe To Clean Your Dishes The 'British Way'? Health Experts Explain Three the Hard Way (film) - Wikipedia Human health risk assessment of chloroxylenol in liquid hand soap and dishwashing soap used by consumers and health-car...
832. Biting the Head Off a Bat or Dove 03.10.2025 11:22
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from biting the head off a bat or a dove. Fedica text: Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs - YouTube War Pigs - Wikipedia Fairies Wear Boots - YouTube Fairies Wear Boots - Wikipedia Did Ozzy Osbourne really bite the head off a live bat? Frontiers | An overview of bats microbiota and its implication in transmissible di...
831. Drinking Coffee Made With Water From a Reservoir With a Bit of Algae 01.10.2025 16:14
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking coffee made from a coffee maker that has algae growing in the transparent water reservoir. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The coffee-machine bacteriome: biodiversity and colonisation of the wasted coffee tray leach - PMC Preliminary Investigation on Hygienic-Sanitary Quality of Food Vending Machines - PMC Safety an...
830. Eating Skate Ice 29.09.2025 17:58
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating ice off of your hockey skates. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Raptors Instagram 571. Hockey Ice Gum — Risky or Not? Ice resurfacer - Wikipedia 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl — Risky or Not? How Untreated Water Will Affect The Quality Of Your Ice Surface NHL Unites | NHL.com Microbiological Qualit...
829. Betty Crocker Frosting Stored Out of Refrigeration 26.09.2025 8:56
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing frosting that says "Cover and refrigerate leftover frosting up to 30 days" at room temperature after opening. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Justin Ekins on X: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter would it be risky or not to store this Betty Crocker vanilla frosting out of the refrigerator for, say, 6 months after opening...
828. Vintage US Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs) 24.09.2025 19:30
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming "vintage" (i.e., old) MREs from around the world, but focusing in those from the US. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Meal, Ready-to-Eat - Wikipedia Ensuring the Safety and Quality of RTE Meals for U.S. Service Members | Food Safety Jeremy Zenlea | LinkedIn Army researchers dug into the effects of MREs on gut health...
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