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 Ingestion as a Way to Increase Food Volume and Hence Satiety Without Increasing Calorie Content - PMC Journal of Irreproducible Results - Wikipedia Annals of Improbable Research - Wikipedia Ig Nobel Prize - Wikipedia List of Ig Nobel Prize winners - Wikipedia
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836. Canned Pet Food
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
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835. "Cooking" a Wrapped Egg in a Compost Pile
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
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834. Washing Drinking Glasses With Only Hot Water and Friction
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 Antimicrobial Soap as Variables in the Removal of Escherichia coli ATCC 11229 from Hands - ScienceDirect 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl — Risky or Not?
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833. British Dishwashing Method
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-care professionals - ScienceDirect Ingestion of bar soap may produce serious injury: clinical effects and risk factors: Clinical Toxicology: Vol 57, No 5 What to Know About Dish Soap | Poison Control
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.