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Microwave Popcorn Yields Dangerous Fumes
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 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.
Aside from these very serious health concerns, popcorn, long touted as a low calorie snack (at least, before laden with butter or margarine and/or a variety of artificial flavors), is otherwise problematic. Corn, in all of its forms, is a common allergen . As such, it may impede weight loss. Discovering and eliminating such foods from your daily diet is a key component to weight loss success.
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