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Posted by: STONERS 5 months, 4 weeks ago

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A chemical used to give butter flavor to popcorn can damage the lungs and airways of mice, U.S. government experts reported on Thursday.

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STONERS5 months, 4 weeks ago

"Tests on mice show that diacetyl, a component of artificial butter flavoring, can cause a condition known as lymphocytic bronchiolitis."
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  STONERS5 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  "The condition can lead to obliterative bronchiolitis -- or "popcorn lung" -- a rare and debilitating disease seen in workers at microwave popcorn packaging plants and at least one consumer."
  
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not2needy5 months, 4 weeks ago

I must tell hubby, he has lung problems and eats a lot of popcorn, YIKES.
I can't eat popcorn,
Maybe we should go back to shaking our own on the stove like we used to.
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  STONERS5 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  Thats the way my mom has made it all my growing up years... (cooked it on the stove)...Mom doesnt do anything from the microwave at all..
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  jordan115 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  That's how I make mine....using a cast iron skillet. I've never owned a microwave.
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    STONERS5 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    Taste better that way to me. (cooked on top the stove)
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grungeplunge5 months, 4 weeks ago

Jeez - who would've imagined that: "Popcorn Lung"! Sounds positively awful.
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mozzer5 months, 4 weeks ago

Sadly, people have been suffering from the effects of diacetyl for almost 10 years now.
Here's an article I read way back in 2002. Microwave popcorn factory workers were falling ill, but no one knew the exact cause back then.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/general/2002/06/2...
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STONERS5 months, 4 weeks ago

I know, I had read it a while back too....
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Shadowolf5 months, 4 weeks ago

...we can eat the popcorn,but not inhale the butter-smell...
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Shadowolf5 months, 4 weeks ago

"RETURN TO JIFFY-POP!!!"
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  lvrofwolves5 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Jiffy Pop rules!
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    BronxBomber5 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    Well, there goes my fun at the Saturday night movies! Thanx Stoners!!!
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ZiegfeldGirl5 months, 4 weeks ago

Easy solution: Buy Butter-Free popcorn, and then melt some real butter in the microwave and drizzle it on top. It tastes WAY better and I bet the caloric count is about the same. Artificial butter is fattening too. And on the plus side, no Popcorn Lung.
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  Shadowolf5 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  ...then sprinkle some powdered cheese on it...
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dexlovex25 months, 3 weeks ago

I like Orville Redenbacher's because they don't use diacetyl at all. I don't eat microwave popcorn anymore. I gone back to making it the old fashion way.
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DrBenway5 months, 3 weeks ago

Paul Newman no-butter popcorn is a gift from God.
Beautiful fluffy-white kernels kissed by angels.
I put no butter on it, but I give it a nice sprinkling of Tabasco sauce.
Heavenly!
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  quackpot5 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  A sprinkle of black pepper works nicely too.
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TheRealizer5 months, 3 weeks ago

I have never understood exactly what the he@l is wrong with butter.......
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BronxBomber5 months, 3 weeks ago

Wanna milk-dud?
;o)
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  STONERS5 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  mmm milk duds, I will take some of those, please... ;~]
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Mutainia5 months, 3 weeks ago

If you want to caugh your lungs out, take a sniff of burning micro-waved popcorn. It's almost like inhaling burning poison ivy smoke.
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mackiemesser5 months, 3 weeks ago

'A chemical used to give butter flavor to popcorn can damage the lungs and airways of mice,'
Then there should be a warning on the package for mice that eating this popcorn may be harmful to their health. But seriously, this is interesting to know and I will tell my grandkids about it as they like their bucket of Blockbuster popcorn while watching a movie.
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HMMace5 months, 3 weeks ago

OF COURSE WHEN THEY DO THESE STUDIES, THEY GIVE THE RATS ONE HUNDRED TIMES THE AMOUNT IN THE POPCORN BAG..THEY DID NOT MENTION THAT DID THEY???
AS ALWAYS THESE THINGS REALLY MEAN--SOMEONE WANTS TO STIFLE THE SALE OF POPCORN, OR SELL SOME THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE "BUTTERY" FLAVOR...
ITS HARD TO TAKE THESE THINGS AT FACE VALUE---IN OTHER WORDS...THEY LIE----OUR POLITICIANS DO NOT SAY ANYTHING WHEN SOME ONE LIES...ACCORDING TO THEM IT IS OK TO LIE, THEY DO IT EVERY DAY...
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  quackpot5 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Good point, it does seem to be more of a problem for the popcorn workers than for the popcorn eaters.
  But, on the other hand, diacetyl butter flavor is hardly a necessity of modern life so the burden of proof should be on the manufacturer to show that it is safe, rather than on the people to show that it is dangerous.
  Please loose the caps.
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AntiNeoCon5 months, 3 weeks ago

What???? I've had to give up coffee, sugar, smoking, drinking, gambling, sex, now popcorn?? This is too much.....
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marshx5 months, 3 weeks ago

its what happens when you try to over simplify, over modify food. there's nothing wrong with basic popcorn.
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  STONERS5 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Exactly!!!
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coreyspring5 months, 3 weeks ago

I wonder how much you actually have to have for it to affect a human
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betty88685 months, 2 weeks ago

I don't like popcorn ^.^
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lehmannzx2 months, 4 weeks ago

Thats the way my mom has made it all my growing up years.Then there should be a warning on the package for mice that eating this popcorn may be harmful to their health. But seriously, this is interesting to know and I will tell my grandkids about it as they like their bucket of Blockbuster popcorn while watching a movie. http://pricelistreview.org
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bendtnerzx2 months, 3 weeks ago

Good point, it does seem to be more of a problem for the popcorn workers than for the popcorn eaters.May be we should go back to shaking our own on the stove like we used to.
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