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Popcorn Can KILL You! O_o
Sep. 5th, 2007 05:42 pmSeptember 5, 2007
Doctor Links a Man’s Illness to a Microwave Popcorn Habit
By GARDINER HARRIS
A fondness for microwave buttered popcorn may have led a 53-year-old Colorado man to develop a serious lung condition that until now has been found only in people working in popcorn plants.
Lung specialists and even a top industry official say the case, the first of its kind, raises serious concerns about the safety of microwave butter-flavored popcorn.
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The most important thing for you lovers of microwave popcorn... No matter how much you love the smell... Do NOT inhale the buttery fragrance as you pop open your bag of freshly popped popcorn goodness.
Interesting how they added on that he lost 50 pounds after discontinuing his popcorn habit.
One. I cannot believe they've known about this, through its effect on factory workers, and done nothing.
Two. I cannot believe said factory workers haven't banded together for a class action lawsuit.
Doctor Links a Man’s Illness to a Microwave Popcorn Habit
By GARDINER HARRIS
A fondness for microwave buttered popcorn may have led a 53-year-old Colorado man to develop a serious lung condition that until now has been found only in people working in popcorn plants.
Lung specialists and even a top industry official say the case, the first of its kind, raises serious concerns about the safety of microwave butter-flavored popcorn.
( Read more... )
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The most important thing for you lovers of microwave popcorn... No matter how much you love the smell... Do NOT inhale the buttery fragrance as you pop open your bag of freshly popped popcorn goodness.
Interesting how they added on that he lost 50 pounds after discontinuing his popcorn habit.
One. I cannot believe they've known about this, through its effect on factory workers, and done nothing.
Two. I cannot believe said factory workers haven't banded together for a class action lawsuit.
