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Microwave popcorn is actually banned in some places, especially hospitals. Usually because the smell casues folks to get hungry (imagine having abdominal surgery, being on a liquid/IV diet, and having to smell that!).
The danger appears to be a production related effect, but a study of concentration doesn’t seem out-of-line.
No, the government isn’t too big.
I didn’t think of Onion but you are right.
Okay, I admit I only scanned the article, but how is it that factory workers are at risk but not home consumers?
The article opens with “chemicals released into the air when a bag of microwave popcorn is popped or opened.” So it doesn’t seem production is the cause.
Per Ryn: The article opens with “chemicals released into the air when a bag of microwave popcorn is popped or opened.” So it doesn’t seem production is the cause.
It is likely that the production areas are where the highest concentration (and risk) is most likely (in drums, in raw form). While it could happen, the likelihood of significant risk/exposure from the bag is minimal. Doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be measured, but I am willing to bet the amounts don’t reach an appreciable toxicity limit.
Heh. I await the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s call for a ban on microwave popcorn until it’s proven “safe and effective”. Heck, maybe we can even get a press release calling for a study of “second-hand vapors”. Could lean to a ban in restaurants.
Easy, there Skipper.
Don’t give out any ideas before they think ‘em up first.
If people were more aware of the caustic nature of their microwave popcorn’s ‘artificial butter flavoring’, they would be appalled. This isn’t some case like saccharine being linked to cancer in laboratory animals, in that it doesn’t take a mountain of this stuff to potentially cause health problems. Diacetyl (the primary ingredient in ‘artificial butter flavor’) is a compound in the same category as paint stripper. Formerly healthy people who have worked in those artificial butter plants for a very short period of time suddenly develop emphysema-like symptoms, their hair falls out, their eyes burn and their skin peels off.
An entire town here in Missouri was abandoned due to the discovery of dioxin, which is tame compared to the stuff that gets ingested and inhaled at two separate factories within short driving distance of said abandoned town.
So yeah, it’s all fun and games, until you need a double lung transplant due to your shitty work conditions making popcorn butter for fat fucks back east.
Joe, very sobering post . . . which now begs the question:
What the hell is wrong with real butter?
Danno, I second your statement. NO ONE loses weight simply because they switched to margarine from butter or Diet Coke instead of real Coke! If you need to lose weight, maybe you shouldn’t be drinking Cokes and eating buttery foods in the first place. Often these “cures” are worse than the disease.
Man, the reason they use fake butter is that it costs too much! Who cares that you’re killing your customers when you’re making $.02 more per count??
What next? Anti-freeze as a sugar substitute?
quote: What next? Anti-freeze as a sugar substitute?
You’re not far off. Take a look at Aspartame’s history. I think you might avoid diet-coke if you knew what that stuff is all about.
Scared $.02 . . . that was good for a loud belly laugh! My co-workers must think I’m (more) nuts now.
Swamp . . . ya know? You can pretty much eat whatever you like. Just don’t eat crap all the time. There’s something to be said for moderation.
Which reminds me of a sad (well, kinda) story. Many years ago, I worked in a cafe. There was this lady who lived in town (Los Altos, CA) and she would bring her daughter in with her and tell her to order what she would like while she and her husband would sit down and talk over coffee. This girl was a model (she did shoots with her mother, they were both very beautiful). She came up to the counter and asked for a coffee with skim milk. I gave her her (unpalatable IMO) coffee. I then asked her if she would like a cookie on the house. To which she replied, “Oh, I can’t have one of those. It will make me fat.” Now here’s the kicker: This girl couldn’t have been more than 6 years old. Can you imagine being six years old and being so brainwashed by your parents that you feel that one child’s staple treat of a cookie will make you fat?
People just need to moderate what they eat. It’s real simple. OK, the concept is. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a pint of Godiva Dark Belgian Chocolate ice cream in the freezer and it’s calling my name. It’s only my third today, geez, lay off . . .
Danno, what if you have to eat crap all the time? What if it’s written in your DNA?
Danno, I can’t agree with you more. I have had the pleasure of watching well fed people eat. ugh!
Scared!
Watch what you eat! Speaking of ingredients look for proproplene glycol in your potatoe chips, corn chips then look what your anti-freeze is made of then you can really get scared stiff.