Popcorn ingredient causes lung disease: U.S. study »
Posted By STONERS 7 months ago in StyleA 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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grungeplunge7 months ago
Jeez - who would've imagined that: "Popcorn Lung"! Sounds positively awful.
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mozzer7 months 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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dexlovex27 months 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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TheRealizer7 months ago
I have never understood exactly what the he@l is wrong with butter.......
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Mutainia7 months 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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mackiemesser7 months 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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HMMace7 months 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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quackpot7 months 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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AntiNeoCon7 months ago
What???? I've had to give up coffee, sugar, smoking, drinking, gambling, sex, now popcorn?? This is too much.....
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coreyspring6 months, 4 weeks ago
I wonder how much you actually have to have for it to affect a human
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lehmannzx4 months 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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bendtnerzx4 months 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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