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Why have workers at microwave popcorn plants developed illnesses?

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Why have workers at microwave popcorn plants developed illnesses?

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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports that it has found cases of severe lung disease among workers at popcorn factories who breathed butter flavoring vapors, which contain the chemical diacetyl. Animal studies conducted by NIOSH showed that diacetyl in popcorn butter flavoring was highly toxic to the airways of rats.