Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vaccines, after Don concocts a bizarre red thread conspiracy theory because he really just wants to talk about his poor little sick doggo.

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

• Addison's disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
• Addison's Disease in Dogs | VCA Animal Hospitals
• Addison's disease | Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
• Lab Leak Groundhog Day: COVID … - Decoding the Gurus - Apple Podcasts

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating McDonald's ranch dressing found on the side of the road in northern Minnesota in the summer.

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

• Bike Tour Map
• Food Safety Talk 255: Crunchy Granola Hippie Town — Food Safety Talk
• 929. Car Ranch — Risky or Not?
• 87. 27 Lbs of Unrefrigerated Feta Cheese — Risky or Not?
• Models for the Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens in Salad Dressing from Challenge Studies - ScienceDirect
• Outbreak of campylobacter enteritis in a residential school associated with bird pecked bottle tops - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating french toast left on counter for almost a day.

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

• Bald Head Island NC
• Science-Backed French Toast Recipes: Crisp, Custardy & Never Soggy
• Survival and growth of Bacillus cereus in bread - PubMed
• Evaluation and Definition of Potentially Hazardous Foods
• Trader Joe's SLICED FRENCH BRIOCHE BREAD | Trader Joe's Rants & Raves (mostly raves, a few rants)
• Griddle Breads, Shelf Stable and Heat and Serve, Frozen (Waffles, Pancakes, French Toast, Belgian Waffles

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating small pieces of chicken left behind in the airfryer, reheated days later.

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

• Water activity - Wikipedia
• New Interventions and Validation for the Control of Pathogens in the Processing of Jerky

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking a Mountain Dew that you accidentally dropped in a port-a-potty.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Man spent 8 hours in porta-potty tank retrieving Mountain Dew bottle, company says
• Potty Peeper Sentenced To 3 Years Behind Bars - CBS Colorado

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cooked frozen hot dogs in the package left in sink basin over night with water.

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

• Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Post-lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Ballpark Franks Ad- They Plump When You Cook Them (1992) - YouTube
• We answer to a higher authority - Wikipedia
• Schneiders, brand since 1890 | Maple Leaf Foods
• Shopsy's Hot Dogs Vinyl Record, 1986 Summer Music LP - Etsy

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fresh jalapeños right now.

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

• Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks | FDA
• Who coined "don't yuck my yum"? : r/etymology
• Giardiniera - Wikipedia
• Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Jalapeño (August 2026) | FDA
• When People Got Sick: Salmonella Outbreak, August 2026 | Salmonella Infection | CDC
• Inside Chipotle's Contamination Crisis
• Chipotle - Food Safety
• Guys: Episode 148 - Taco Bell Guys with Brian Gaar — Guys: With Bryan Quinby — Overcast
• Products
• Same As It Ever Was - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating shelf stable tuna with garlic in olive oil if the jar is leaking.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Premium Yellowfin Tuna Fillets | Tonnino
• FAD-Free Yellowfin Tuna Fillets with Garlic in Olive Oil

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cod liver with a Proposition 65 warning about cadmium.

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

• Foods and Beverages - Proposition 65 Warnings Website
• Cancer - YouTube
• Lead, cadmium and mercury in canned and unprocessed tuna: six-years monitoring survey, comparison with previous studies and recommended tolerable limits - ScienceDirect
• Cadmium and Cadmium Compounds - Proposition 65 Warnings Website
• Low Levels of Heavy Metals Found in Norwegian Cod | The Fish Site
• A baseline study of levels of mercury, arsenic, cadmium and lead in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) from different parts of the Barents Sea - ScienceDirect
• Erling Haaland - Wikipedia
• Erling Haaland Donates Rare Viking Book to His Hometown Library
• The story behind Erling Haaland and his taxidermy raccoon: 'Lock the doors, let's make this special' - The Athletic

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from roux raw dough cookies.

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

• Eating raw cookie dough can be risky. Here's a safer way to enjoy it. - The Washington Post
• Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella enterica and Nonpathogenic Bacterial Surrogates in Wheat Flour by Baking in a Household Oven - ScienceDirect
• Water Activity and its Role in Food Preservation (March 2025) | UC Master Food Preserver

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking water from a source that failed to maintain treatment for removing bacteria.

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

• Borough Public Notifications | Milltown, NJ