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In September 2007, the House of Representatives approved a measure to prevent workers in food processing plants from getting a debilitating, irreversible lung disease that has already sickened and killed a number of workers nationwide. Over the past seven years, dozens of studies have linked the artificial butter flavoring chemical diacetyl to the deadly lung disease. Diacetyl is used in microwave popcorn and many other foods. In August 2006, Democrats asked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an emergency standard to protect workers’ health by limiting their exposure to diacetyl. OSHA refused. More » NIH Confirms Diacetyl Health ThreatA study released in March 2008 by the National Institutes of Health found that exposure to the chemical diacetyl, which is used in artificial butter flavoring, can cause lymphocytic bronchiolitis in mice at levels comparable to what workers may inhale at some microwave popcorn packaging plants. The NIH reports that lymphocytic bronchiolitis is a potential precursor to obliterative bronchiolitis, commonly called “popcorn lung”, an irreversible lung disease that has killed a number of workers in the food flavoring industry. More » |
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