MicroWave Buttered PopCorn Warning

Popcorn is a great snack, kids and adults love it. If prepared correctly, popcorn is a healthy snack. But if prepared wrongly, it can lead to a serious health condition as a 53 year old Colorado man has found out. Doctors initially diagnosed the man as having lung inflammation before they discovered that he has been eating at least 2 bags of microwave buttered popcorn a day for more than a decade! To make matter worse, this man always make it a point to smell the buttered flavoured steam which comes out from the bag when he takes it out from the microwave oven. Little does he realize that he is inhaling heated diacetyl. Diacetyl is used to add a buttery flavour to many brands of microwave popcorn. When diacetyl is inhaled over a long period of time, it can cause swollen and scarred airways in the lungs which can lead to lung damage.

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