COLORADO: Doctor links a mans illness to a microwave popcorn habit - (New York Times)
September 5, 2007 – 10:23 pmA fondness for microwave buttered popcorn may have, according to this story, 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 were cited as saying the case, the first of its kind, raises serious concerns about the safety of microwave butter-flavored popcorn.
John B. Hallagan, general counsel for the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association of the United States, a trade association of companies that make butter flavorings for popcorn producers, was quoted as saying, “Weve all been working on the workplace safety side of this, but the potential for consumer exposure is very concerning. Are there other cases out there? There could be.
A spokeswoman for the Food and Drug Administration was cited as saying that the agency was considering the case as part of a review of the safety […]
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