Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making garlic soap. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Whisky - Wikipedia Irish coffee - Wikipedia Chumbawamba - Tubthumping - YouTube Wild Waters Soapery Garlic Soap | Don't Eat It! Soap and Skin Care Garlic-in-oil associated botulism: episode leads to product modification. | AJPH | Vol. 80 Issue 11 Garlic-in-oil associated botulism: episode leads to product modification. Conservative prediction of time to Clostridium botulinum toxin formation for use with time-temperature indicators to ensure the safety of foods - PubMed Black Garlic Infused Soap Soap Poisoning | A Christmas Story | TBS - YouTube Garlic soap | Soapmaking Forum - Soap & Candle Forums
899. Wine From Grapes Grazed by Goats
2026/03/09 | 11 mins.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking wine from grapes grazed by goats. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Goats Do Roam Red - Fairview Marketplace What is Côtes du Rhône? | Wine Enthusiast Magazine Mississippi Pot Roast {The BEST Pot Roast EVER} - Belle of the Kitchen Cryptosporidium, an important enteric pathogen in goats – A review - ScienceDirect A Simple Alcohol-based Method of Oocyst Inactivation for Use in the Development of Detection Assays for Cryptosporidium - ScienceDirect Effect of Organic Acids and Hydrogen Peroxide on Cryptosporidium parvum Viability in Fruit Juices - ScienceDirect The Cryptosporidium Problem in Water and Food Supplies - ScienceDirect
898. Flipping Veggie Wings With Unwashed Hands
2026/03/06 | 9 mins.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from flipping veggie wings with unwashed hands. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Vegan Buffalo Nuggets | MorningStar Farms® Kourosh Dini | Mind, Music, and Productivity
897. Cooked Brown Rice Infested With Pantry Moths
2026/03/04 | 13 mins.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating eating cooked brown rice infested with pantry moths. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Indianmeal moth - Wikipedia Tyndallization - Wikipedia The Best Way to Cook to Brown Rice Is the Pasta Method | The Kitchn Influence of diets and developmental stages on microbiota associated with the Indian Meal Moth Plodia interpunctella
896. Not Washing a Cats Water Bowl for a Week
2026/03/02 | 14 mins.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not washing a pets water bowl for a week. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How Often Should You Wash Dog Bowls for Food and Water? Clean the Germiest Home Items | NSF Pet feeding habits and the microbiological contamination of dog food bowls: effect of feed type, cleaning method and bowl material - PubMed Survey evaluation of dog owners' feeding practices and dog bowls' hygiene assessment in domestic settings | PLOS One
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.