Microwave popcorn chemicals under scrutiny

[scottxyz]

Microwave popcorn chemicals under scrutiny
Vapors may be linked to lung disease in factory workers

Exposure to vapors from butter flavoring in microwave popcorn has been linked to a rare lung disease contracted by factory workers in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has said it suspects the chemical diacetyl caused the illnesses.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/03/11/popcorn.test.ap/index.html

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Here's an idea - how about using BUTTER on the popcorn?

[renegade000]

1. whoa...

gonna ease up on the popcorn until i blissfully forget this article... :scared:

[Nay]

2. Don't quit the popcorn. Just eat the real popped stuff with real oil

or real butter! Popcorn poppers are cheap -- probably ten bucks at Target.

[DAWUSS]

3. Now I'm hungry

Maybe I'll pop in a movie and nibble on some Pop Secret Popcorn...

[maxsolomon]

7. did you know a pot & a stove works too?

and you probably already own one of those.

NO MORE APPLIANCES!

[Suspicious]

4. Ummm...

However, health officials insist people who microwave popcorn and eat it at home are not in danger

snip a paragraph or so...

Further research would be needed to determine any health effects of those chemicals and whether consumers are at risk, said Jacky Rosati, an EPA scientist involved in the study.



??? Are they kidding ???

[scottxyz]

5. New England Journal of Medicine says it's "bronchiolitis obliterans"

"The excess rates of lung disease and lung-function abnormalities and the relation between exposure and outcomes in this working population indicate that they probably had occupational bronchiolitis obliterans caused by the inhalation of volatile butter-flavoring ingredients."

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/5/330

[kodi]

6. any chemical at high enough levels can be toxic

http://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/data/CH_231710.html