My family stopped eating Microwave popcorn 4-5 months ago because I read an article on DU about it

and the MSM is just now reporting it? Do you have any idea how often this happens? We here at DU know things 2, 3, 4, 5 months before the rest of the people in this country because our media doesn't report the things they should and in this instance, the crap may cause LUNG DISEASE! Yet Anna Nicole Smith, Scott Peterson, The Duke Rape case, Vick and OJ Simpson get non-stop coverage? WTF?

Once again, DU has the news that matters waaaaaaaaaaaaaay before the propagandists decide it's newsworthy.



Doctor Warns Consumers of Popcorn Fumes
By MARCUS KABEL, Associated Press Writer

6 hours ago

Consumers, not just factory workers, may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, according to a warning letter to federal regulators from a doctor at a leading lung research hospital.

A pulmonary specialist at Denver's National Jewish Medical and Research Center has written to federal agencies to say doctors there believe they have the first case of a consumer who developed lung disease from the fumes of microwaving popcorn several times a day for years.

"We cannot be sure that this patient's exposure to butter flavored microwave popcorn from daily heavy preparation has caused his lung disease," cautioned Dr. Cecile Rose. "However, we have no other plausible explanation."

The July letter, made public Tuesday by a public health policy blog, refers to a potentially fatal disease commonly called popcorn lung that has been the subject of lawsuits by hundreds of workers at food factories exposed to chemicals used for flavoring.<snip>

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/09/05/755478.html&cvqh=itn_popcorn

not the chemicals that make it buttery. Hey, maybe it is the same thing.

it. How pathetic.

After all, the original DU post referenced a NY Times column. This is a new issue where a consumer, not a worker, died from exposure.

Factory workers dieing is no big deal, but heaven forbid CONSUMERS actually contracting it. Thats an emergency.

But maybe you weren't born then. So big and fluffy.

I remember those commercials!

I used to pop it on my gas stove and put in butter, garlic, and ceyenne pepper...joy!!

I don't think there is any danger in microwaving it occasionally. Several times a day seems pretty excessive.

People use it every day to pop popcorn (among other things). The cuberats next to it could be in danger.

There's plenty of diacetyl in beer.

itself. I suppose if you boil your beer before you drink it, it could be a problem.:)

It's electrophilic, I bet it adducts to nucleophilic AA residues and DNA.

it's popping." BREATHING IT seems to cause lung diseaseor they suspect it does.

I'm just repeating what I heard.

Many times we've noted the news found on DU is light years ahead of the MSM.

Tastes less chemical, just as quick-and-easy with no cleanup, and you can add real butter to it instead of "buttery flavoring."

The only way it tastes right to me.

I can't stand the microwaved crap. Can't imagine why anyone eats it, at least at home (maybe in an office, if you're desperate...)

I always come here first thing to find out what is REALLY going on in the world. Then a few weeks later I hear or read in the MSM some "breaking news" that I have known for weeks thanks to DU.

Diacetyl is a naturally occurring byproduct of fermentation. I think the highlighted paragraph below is the key though.


While diacetyl exposure in an industrial setting does indeed seem to cause bronchiolitis obliterans one would expect that most consumers would not make "several bags of extra butter flavored microwave popcorn" every single day for years on end. Still, Wikipedia notes that Weaver at least has agreed to replace diacetyl as a flavoring.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacetyl#Worker_safety

Can't imagine all that saturated fat did much good for him either.

Always looking on the bright side. :)

What is the evidence that drinking it is unhealthy? Reminds me of the depleted uranium health hazard. It's true that you could put your futon on a block of it and sleep there for your entire life without taking any harm, but burning it and inhaling the particles is a far different matter.

Or perhaps sarcastic. The hand-wringing reaction in this thread seemed a bit over-the-top to me. I don't think there's much disagreement that inhaling large quantities of diacetyl over long periods of time is a bad thing. However I seriously doubt the average office worker need cringe in fear every time a co-worker enjoys a bag of popcorn for lunch. On the other hand, popping and eating several bags per day, every single day for years is moronic.

OK, I too have sinned, but it's really not comparable to traditional popcorn.

Too bad it's such a pain to clean the pot.

because it is so much better, and it is way cheaper. I went to a flea market and got a heavy duty pot that I use exclusively for popcorn.

There is (was?) a microwave popcorn plant nearby that has been sued by many former employees because they developed severe breathing problems while working there. After that, I didn't really want microwave popcorn anymore.

Like the Redenbachers who were "next door" neighbors, this was a family-owned plant attached to a tiny town surrounded by many acres of popcorn fields. They were the world's largest producer of popcorn for movie theaters.

The plant was modern, clean and well-run. I saw every part of it. Where they added the butter coating was definitely the one unpleasant spot in the whole operation.

Still, it didn't seem as bad as working in an office where one bag of microwave corn stinks up the whole floor for the balance of the day. I hate the smell of that stuff.

after we saw it on DU.

MSM, months later, if at all.

Do a search of the threads from last spring about the dangers of microwave popcorn -- they are based on reports in the NY Times, Washington Post and KING TV.

Sorry.

This has been in the process of being investigated for years now.

Thanks DU.

But it didn't have the same tastey carcinogens as the microwave. I bought microwavey the last time I went to the store. :crazy:

about how several people who worked in a popcorn factory were awaiting lung transplants , because they breathed all that gunk in, while working :(.. i think the company was trying to deny them benefits also.:(

I cannot stand the odor of that artificial "butter" stuff.. All I have to do is walk down that aisle, and it chokes me ..

...rocker...but I learned about dicetyl through DU, also saw the first news about China and the poison they sell, what a great resource DU is!

You don't have to stop eating micro popcorn. There are plenty of brands with NO fake butter. That fake butter will kill you anyway, regardless of whether you breathe it or store in your ass and hips. There is no need to eat these chemicals...even REAL popcorn with REAL melted butter just isn't difficult to make. Try it sometimes! It'll blow your mind how good it tastes...nothing like the fake nasty movie theater chemical crap.

:popcorn:

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There's diacetyl in real, old fashioned butter too. It's what gives butter its taste and smell. That's why they use it as flavoring.

Plus, also, there's cholesterol in butter.

in the minute quantities used in an actual popcorn bag.

Lingering over pure diacetyl without proper equipment, then sure, there's been some problems. But I find it highly unlikely, and I mean HIGHLY unlikely, that any consumer would be in any danger whatsoever.

So I'd say if ya like your popcorn, then eat your popcorn. :)

even though my daughters have gotten into eating it. It's just a fad for them that I'm sure they'll outgrow. I'm not overly worried.

pot instead of microwaving. I seem to buy the Natural or the Smart Pop Orville popcorn.