Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from taking a pill dropped in the bathroom sink for less than five seconds.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - Mayo Clinic
• Rutgers Researchers Debunk 'Five-Second Rule': Eating Food off the Floor Isn't Safe | Rutgers University
• SINKSHROOM Ultra Revolutionary Bathroom Sink Dog, Cat & Small Pet Drain Protector, Stainless Steel - Chewy.com
• SinkShroom Chrome Stainless Steel Drain Protector Mfr# SSULTR321 - Ace Hardware
• Some realtors no longer using "master" to describe bedrooms and bathrooms - CBS News
• Bathroom sink pop-up drain with overflow (Large Top) - Lulani

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of wearing "new" (to you) clothes without washing first.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Robot or Not? - a podcast from The Incomparable
• Ep. 604: "Unintentional Curator" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
• Potential Skin Pathogens on Second Hand Clothes and the Effectiveness of Disinfection Methods - Semantic Scholar
• "Public Health Implications of Retailer Resale of Returned Textile Clot" by Antonette M. A. Francis-Shearer
• Contaminated clothing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers is a potential source of transmission - ScienceDirect
• Second-Hand Clothe, a New Threat for Acquiring Parasitic Infection - PMC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Russel's 120 °F prime rib recipe, which is a follow up to episode 854, Chef John's Perfect Prime Rib.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• 854. Chef John's Perfect Prime Rib — Risky or Not?
• Conference for Food Protection, Inc - Issues
• 2025-III-33 Raw Animal Foods Come-Up-Time (CUT)
• Conference for Food Protection, Inc - Biennial Meeting Materials
• 2025 Council III Issues Packet sent to Assembly of Delegates.pdf - Google Drive
• Conference for Food Protection, Inc - Guides
• CFP Guidance Documents for Safe Handling and Cooking of Roaster Pigs 10-25-21.
• Microbiological Safety of Commercial Prime Rib Preparation Methods: Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella in Mechanically Tenderized Rib Eye - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of unpasteurized apple cider vinegar for pregnant or immunocompromised people.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• The Different Types of Apple Cider Vinegar | OSU Apple Cider Vinegar
• Apple Cider Vinegar in Pregnancy: Safety, Benefits, and Uses
• Determination of 5-log reduction times for Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica, or Listeria monocytogenes in acidified foods with pH 3.5 or 3.8

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of contracting high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) from medium rare duck breast.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Food Safety Talk 251: Too Many Brooms — Food Safety Talk
• Instagram Duck Breast Video
• Thermal Inactivation of H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus in Naturally Infected Chicken Meat - ScienceDirect
• Rapid risk assessment to address emerging concerns of HPAI in raw and pasteurized milk | PLOS One
• Avian Influenza | Washington State Department of Agriculture
• Avian Influenza | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• USDA Questions and Answers: Food Safety and Avian Influenza - April 2015

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding raw chicken at room temperature "all day" before cooking.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Staphylococcosis in Poultry - Poultry - Merck Veterinary Manual
• Evaluation of the Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in Chicken Fillets and Its Bio-Control Using Different Seaweed Extracts - PMC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of turkey noodle soup that's been boiling water bath canning for 2 hours.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Canning - National Center for Home Food Preservation
• Ball® Blue Book Guide to Preserving 38th Edition, Recipe Book | Ball
• Iowa State Factsheet, Botulism
• Heat-Resistance Studies on Spores of Putrefactive Anaerobes in Relation to Determination of Safe Processes for Canned Foods, 1938.
• In Memoriam Terence Roberts (4 October 2024) – ICMSF | International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of feeding recalled sealed Byheart baby formula to a baby.

Fedica text: Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• ByHeart recalls organic baby formula amid infant botulism outbreak | AP News
• Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025 | Botulism | CDC
• Seven-Year Case-Control Study in California of Risk Factors for Infant Botulism - ScienceDirect
• Elevated incidence of infant botulism in a 17-county area of the Mid-Atlantic region in the United States, 2000–2019, including association with soil types | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Tyndallization - Wikipedia
• Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025) | FDA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking raw turkey to only 155 °F

Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 1: The Big Bird - YouTube
• Archive: National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Does Anybody Remember Laughter? - YouTube
• FSIS Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix A) December, 2021
• Response to the questions posed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service regarding consumer guidelines for the safe cooking of poultry products - PubMed
• Response to the Questions Posed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service Regarding Consumer Guidelines for the Safe Cooking of Poultry Products - ScienceDirect
• thanksgiving - Risky or Not?
• Why Does Turkey Make You Sleepy? It Actually Doesn't

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making rare roast beef.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Chef John's Perfect Prime Rib Recipe
• John Mitzewich - Allrecipes
• Supplemental Questions and Answers on Descriptive Designation for Needle-Or Blade - Tenderized (Mechanically Tenderized) Beef Products
• USDA Finalizes Rule to Require Labeling of Mechanically Tenderized Beef Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• FSIS Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix A) December, 2021
• Dr. Hook - Wikipedia
• Dr. John - Wikipedia
• John Mitzewich - Wikipedia
• Predictive Model for Growth of Staphylococcus aureus on Raw Pork, Ham, and Sausage - ScienceDirect
• Mr. Mom: "220, 221… Whatever it takes…" - YouTube
• APPENDIX 4: Bacterial Pathogen Growth and Inactivation

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a swiss army knife toothpick.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Victorinox Swiss Army Pioneer Alox Pocket Knife | REEDS Jewelers
• Victorinox Swiss Army Spartan Knife in Red | REEDS Jewelers
• Swiss Army knife - Wikipedia
• Mammoth Tooth Swiss Army Knife
• How to Clean the Swiss Army Knife Toothpick (EN). - YouTube
• Gerber Stainless Steel Folding Razor Knife Model 8970622A LOT OF 3 | eBay
• 847. Using a "Found" Pocket Mouth Guard — Risky or Not?
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Yo Home To Bel Air (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song) - YouTube