POP CORN POLLUTION
March 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE US Environmental Protection Agency is studying any possible health risks associated with chemicals released into the air when a bag of microwave popcorn is popped or opened. Exposure to flavourer diacetyl has been linked to a rare lung disease contracted by some factory workers in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.
THE US Environmental Protection Agency is studying any possible health risks associated with chemicals released into the air when a bag of microwave popcorn is popped or opened. Exposure to flavourer diacetyl has been linked to a rare lung disease contracted by some factory workers in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.
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