Wednesday, September 05, 2007

MicroDeath


OMAHA, Nebraska — The nation's largest microwave popcorn maker, ConAgra Foods, says it will change the recipe for its Orville Redenbacher and Act II brands over the next year to remove a flavoring chemical linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers.
The decision comes a day after a doctor at a leading lung research hospital said in a warning letter to federal regulators that consumers, not just factory workers, may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn.
The chemical diacetyl has been linked to cases of bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare life-threatening disease often called popcorn lung; the FDA has approved the use of diacetyl as a flavor ingredient...
Moral: Don't trust the FDA

USA Today article is HERE
report findings available HERE

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