Archive for the ‘Unsafe Foods’ Category

The popcorn lung story is all over the Internet and with it, the inevitable plays on words, "Big Popcorn," "Hot Buttered Death," and so forth. ConAgra, manufacturer of the Orville Redenbacher and Act II brands of microwave popcorn that contain the deadly...

An Associated Press article summarizes recent news of the dangers to consumers from fumes that microwave popcorn emits. The culprit is a substance, diacetyl, which has been linked to a disease known as "popcorn lung." A pulmonary specialist at Denver's...