Beware the Popcorn Fumes!

Started by Lil Me, Sep 04 07 09:55

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Lil Me

Sep 04 07 09:55
[span class="lingo_region"]Consumers, not just factory workers, may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, according to a warning letter to [a href="vny!://get.lingospot.com/f?url=vny!%3A//www.breitbart.com/detail.php%3FsearchText%3D%22federal+regulators%22%26searchChannel%3DFTimes&eid=csl&tid=91298843c&site=breitbart.com&menu=FTimes" style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"]federal regulators[/a] from a doctor at a leading lung research hospital.  A pulmonary spetgwpdt at Denver's [a href="vny!://get.lingospot.com/f?url=vny!%3A//search.breitbart.com/q%3Fs%3D%22National+Jewish%20Medical%22%26sid%3Dbreitbart.com&eid=csl&tid=1e6a74b4b&site=breitbart.com" style="text-decoration: underline; color: black;"]National Jewish Medical[/a] 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.
 [/p] Full Story:  [a href="vny!://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=2007-09-04_D8RF1TR80&show_article=1&cat=breaking"]vny!://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=2007-09-04_D8RF1TR80&show_article=1&cat=breaking[/a]
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"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

P.C.

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Sep 04 07 11:07
I remember several years ago, there was a concern about microwave popcorn causing eye problems and possible blindness.  I couldn't make the connection.  I had heard it was from the steam when you opened the popped corn......so I assumed it was like a burn on the tender tissure of the eye, from the steam.  I thought it was a bunch of bunk, until I had started to develop a cloudy vision problem.  It was like looking through a heavy plastic bag.

As it turned out, it was from one of the ingredients in the popping oil.  They corrected that problem.....and now this.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lise

#2
Sep 05 07 09:32
I've heard about this a while ago. You have to wonder about the people working in the theatres, whether they're at risk for the same thing.
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P.C.

#3
Sep 05 07 09:44
I think they are referring specifically to microwave popcorn.  I would imagine there has to be some ingredient in there to prevent it from burning in microwave conditions.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lil Me

#4
Sep 05 07 03:47
Yikes.  Microwave popcorn sounds menacing now.  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

Ace

#5
Sep 05 07 04:01
If the fumes are enough to cause damage, is it even safe to eat?  
The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory

Lil Me

#6
Sep 05 07 04:03
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"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

Ace

#7
Sep 05 07 04:16
Remember the Pepto-Bismol commercial with the 1980's rappers/breakdancers?  What the hell were they thinking?  
The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory

P.C.

#8
Sep 05 07 04:18
rofl  Oh gawd those were embarrassing.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lil Me

#9
Sep 05 07 04:20
Who hasn't done a "bathroom dance" before?  (but not necessarily breakdancing...)
 
 Personally, I find the Immodium commercials hilarious.
 The one in the hot tub" Hey Bob, you still suffering from diaharrea?"
   
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

P.C.

#10
Sep 05 07 04:24
hahahaa....that WAS a good one.

  (I refer to that dance as the peepee dance, but it bears no resemblance to breakdancing.  I think that would finish it.)
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lil Me

#11
Sep 05 07 04:25
I couldn't imagine breakdancing with a full bladder (or colon).  That would be a recipe for disaster.  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

P.C.

#12
Sep 05 07 04:27
I couldn't imagine breakdancing.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Ace

#13
Sep 05 07 04:29
I found that commercial...

[a href="vny!://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAr73vmhP40"]vny!://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAr73vmhP40[/a]

 
The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory

Lil Me

#14
Sep 05 07 04:32
Good work, Ace!  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein
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