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Court Awards $2.7 Million To Man Who Got ‘Popcorn Lung’ From Microwave Popcorn
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<blockquote data-quote="admin" data-source="post: 2701707" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Buttery microwave popcorn was never known for being a super-healthy treat, but a federal court's decision to <a href="http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/20/court-awards-7-2-million-for-popcorn-lung/" target="_blank">award $2.7 million to a Colorado man who suffers "<strong>popcorn lung</strong>,"</a> caused by a chemical found in buttery flavoring, makes it seem like a full-blown health threat. The extra sodium and fat loaded into each batch of otherwise-healthy popcorn by many manufacturers isn't great, but apparently the buttery flavoring has a history of causing irreversible lung disease, which 59-year-old Wayne Watson learned the hard way. <a href="http://blisstree.com/eat/popcorn-lung-cause-by-microwave-popcorn-727/" target="_blank">More »</a>Post from: <a href="http://blisstree.com" target="_blank">Blisstree</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="admin, post: 2701707, member: 1"] Buttery microwave popcorn was never known for being a super-healthy treat, but a federal court's decision to [URL="http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/20/court-awards-7-2-million-for-popcorn-lung/"]award $2.7 million to a Colorado man who suffers "[B]popcorn lung[/B],"[/URL] caused by a chemical found in buttery flavoring, makes it seem like a full-blown health threat. The extra sodium and fat loaded into each batch of otherwise-healthy popcorn by many manufacturers isn't great, but apparently the buttery flavoring has a history of causing irreversible lung disease, which 59-year-old Wayne Watson learned the hard way. [URL="http://blisstree.com/eat/popcorn-lung-cause-by-microwave-popcorn-727/"]More »[/URL]Post from: [URL="http://blisstree.com"]Blisstree[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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