Popcorn is now causing people to get lung disease. Can you believe that one of my favorite snacks to make at home can really hurt me. Apparently factory workers who test the popcorn bags and breathe in the steam are breathing in a chemical that is used in the popcorn for the butter flavoring is causing lung problems and lung disease. One consumer at his home ended up getting lung disease from making popcorn nightly and breathing in the fresh steam. To me thats one of the best parts is the fresh smell of popcorn. But now the fresh smell can be dangerous. I know you would have to eat alot of popcorn and breathe in alot of steam most likely to get lung disease but just the thought of that a snack found all over from your home to the movies could possibly harm you if ate/smelled too much is scary. I don't know if anyone else agrees with me or not, but alot of popcorn gets ate in my house, I guess thats why I feel the way I do.
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You can get all sorts of diseses from breathing, but that's not stopping you from breathing. I think Ben Franklin had a quote that goes something like: do not wish to live long, but to live well. If you are going to be miserable without your popcorn, I say eat it.
Also, it would be wise to see how they conducted the study. The results may not be as startling as they are reported to be.
I think it is terrible that that happened, but you also have to realize that they just found out that it was dangerous and also that big companies actually dont worry about the people as much as the money. : )
AHHH! I eat popcorn all the time. And if I get lung disease, everyone will think I'm a smoker! Then I will be all "No, seriously, I got this disease from eating popcorn" Who's gonna believe that?!
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Can you cite your sources? And by the way, you can get the disease by inhaling even a little bit daily- you are just delaying the results. And did you know that popcorn's ingredients include rat hairs? Of course, its not on the back label, but you should definitely look it up.
Did someone say rat hairs? Oh good lordy I'm gonna be sick.
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-Crissy
Yeah and that's not all. You should read Fast Food Nation. You will find out a lot of stuff about whats in your food. Do you like to eat skittles? Pink cupcakes? Pink candies and basically ever food that uses a pink coloring in it comes from spiders from an African region. There name is something like Carmex-?. Read the book, its in there. These spiders are crushed by the millions and the juice that comes out of them is then used to make food coloring. Hmm. Has anyone started a "protect the African spiders" movement yet?
My source was my local news paper. Midland Daily News.
~EmI~
My biology professor discussed this with our class. Apparently in the study, only one person developed lung cancer. We used the study as an example of science done poorly. Seriosuly, before he said that I was freaking out becase basically, I live off popcorn because it's so low calorie. Heh.
it feels like every causes a disease