2007-10-17 09:15:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
The popcorn bags are made out of paper that has to be coated with a substance to repel grease and moisture so the bag doesn't become soggy and rip while it's getting heated in the microwaave. The chemicals used to coat the paper break down, when heated, in to a substance called perfluorooctanoic (PFOA).
The Environmental Protection Agency has identified PFOA as a "lilely carcinogen."
How much PFOA gets into the popcorn? That's still unknown. The FDA researchers did a study this past Octover about this question. They determined that it's a relatively small amount of PFOA that actually gets into the popcorn.
So the good news may be that you'd probably have to eat a lot of popcorn before you get enough PFOA into your body that it will cause cancer, but it's basically impossible for the FDA to tell how much PFOA would actually cause cancer.
Not only is the bag coating a carcinogen, but also the fake butter flavoring. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health determined that a disease that destroys lung tissue was triggered by exposure to the artificial butter flavoring. This study was done after 24 workers in a Missouri microwave popcorn plant got this disease that was destroygin their lungs. And it wasn't just 24 workers affected. There were 130 other employees who had high rates of bronchitis and asthma from this butter flavoring.
What's in the fake butter? Diacetyl. It gives artificial butter it's flavor and smell. This is an FDA-approved chemical that is also found in many wines, cookies, candies, beers, and cheese-flavored products.
In Nov '05 54 former workers from the popcorn plant settled lawsuits out of court, while 4 others went to trial and the verdict totaled mover $50 million dollars in compensation for the 7 workers.
How can the FDA approve something known to kill your lungs? That's absurd.
So before you make your next bag of microwave popcorn, think of what it's doing to your health. More people should go back to the good old fashion method of popping kernels in oil in pots on the stove.-
2007-10-21 02:42:45 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microwave Popcorn Cancer
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Microwave popcorn doesn't cause cancer, but the ingredients used to flavor the popcorn can if you are exposed to them when they are in dust form and you inhale them into your lungs for a long period of time.
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Do you realize how many bags of butter popcorn you would have to eat to get this cancer? WAY more than I eat.
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2016-04-24 03:25:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it the artificial flavoring for the butter that can be carcinogenic, that is why all the micro popcorn will soon be sold without it.
2007-10-17 10:09:15 · answer #7 · answered by JennDi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they said if you smell the hot fumes right after you take it out of the microwave, it can cause cancer
2007-10-17 09:23:37 · answer #8 · answered by disastro 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
its not the popcorn itself but the "micro wave" in the machine.......mico wave are dangerous to our health....like light comes in different forms of waves.......ultra violent and micro waves being the most dangerous...read about it online
2007-10-17 11:32:05 · answer #9 · answered by Shooting Star 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋