At MSU’s annual spring poster research presentations, there was one with a the particularly intriguing title given above. The presenter was Caitlin Carmody, a junior from Butte. Her research with Professor Jim Wilking stems from the Food and Drug Administration recommendation against washing raw chicken, due to the risk of transferring dangerous pathogens through splashing. Yet many people continue to wash raw chicken, and there is actually a lack of scientific evidence to demonstrate the danger of microbe transfer through splashing. Cati describes her research on the topic in this interview. A full abstract can be found in the official program (PDF).