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September 6, 2007
Now We're Supposed to Be Afraid of Popcorn
Add popcorn to the long list of things to fear:
A fondness for microwave buttered popcorn may have 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 say the case, the first of its kind, raises serious concerns about the safety of microwave butter-flavored popcorn.
The alleged problem is diacetyl, which ads the buttery taste and occurs naturally in dairy products. Hot diacetyl turns into a vapor that can cause damage to the lungs if inhaled often enough.
An overweight furniture salesman who referred to himself as "Mr. Popcorn" had been eating microwave popcorn at least twice a day for ten years. Reports his doctor:
When he broke open the bags, after the steam came out, he would often inhale the fragrance because he liked it so much.
The doctor told him to stop eating microwave popcorn. Six months later, the guy has lost 50 pounds and his lungs are better.
Screams Rep Rosa DeLauro (D-CT):
The government is not doing anything!
Look forward to popcorn ads that include a mandatory discourse on its alleged dangers. If those don't work, maybe government monitors could be installed in each home to ensure we don't eat popcorn for every meal.
Also look for popcorn prices to jump through the ceiling, when John Edwards types start looting the industry.
On a tip from Wiggins.
Posted by Van Helsing at September 6, 2007 8:46 AM
Comments
A guys huffs popcorn fumes and get cancer? Maybe it was 2nd hand smoke? Maybe it was any of 1,000 other things.
If popcorn causes cancer, why isnt half the population keeling over from popcorn lung cancer? How many bags are popped each day? Probably millions. People should be dropping like flies.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 6, 2007 9:25 AM
mmmmmmmm - popcorn!
Posted by: Sam Houston at September 6, 2007 10:11 AM
Biacetyl is the compound primarily responsible for the aroma of Philiadelphia cream cheese, the killer condiment on bagels.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 6, 2007 10:19 AM
Moonbats should encourage the use of Killer Popcorn! After all they want to reduce the number of humans, thereby reducing CO2 emissions.
The should do a movie like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, except with popcorn. Giant Kernels of popcorn chasing down people and tearing out their lungs. Yeah, or something like Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 6, 2007 10:39 AM
From the data, diacetyl fumes are more dangerous to factory workers who inadvertently huff the fumes than to consumers.
The popcorn manufacturers will likely drop the chemical voluntarily
and resort to something else. The Government doesn't need to
butt in.
I don't eat corn products (or soy) because they put weight on the body like crazy. Animals love corn because it's so fattening. Deer hunters who own land know to plant a small corn field if they want lots of venison on their plates.
Posted by: fellowes at September 6, 2007 10:46 AM
Guess I'll have to take my corn in LIQUID form from now on!
Posted by: KHarn at September 6, 2007 10:51 AM
Wow! What if a diacetyl sniffing popcorn addict passes gas in your vicinity? Has that been tested? This is really, really serious. I remember Algore showing us how to grill our burgers to colorless 160 degrees. Will we see Cheney showing us how to microwave popcorn? I think not. Frankly, I suspect Haliburton is behind all of this. Just today I saw a black helicopter dumping popcorn over a playground.
Posted by: heliotrope at September 6, 2007 3:17 PM
It is not because of the popcorn that I have been avoiding movie theaters lately.
Posted by: James F McEnanly at September 6, 2007 4:17 PM
Maybe if he didn't eat two bags a day, he'd be a lot better off. Oh right, since his doctor told him to stop stuffing himself, he is. Imagine that!
Now imagine him having to wait a year for a doctor to give him that sage advice under the socialized health care Hillary and Silky Pony want to give us!
Posted by: Pam at September 7, 2007 8:28 AM
"Maybe if he didn't eat two bags a day, he'd be a lot better off. Oh right, since his doctor told him to stop stuffing himself, he is. Imagine that!"
Heh heh...pretty simple and obvious, isn't it Pam??
The Clintonistas (new name for the Democrat Party) tried this popcorn scare in the '90s, along with second-hand smoke and all the other nonsense. They must think that this is what people want to hear. And I suppose it is, as far as Dhimm's base is concerned.
Posted by: Toa at September 9, 2007 8:57 AM
