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Nope, it's a specific chemical that smells like buttery popcorn, it's what they put on microwave popcorn. It also destroys the lungs of the factory workers who
by johnbm 13y ago
Nope, it's a specific chemical that smells like buttery popcorn, it's what they put on microwave popcorn. It also destroys the lungs of the factory workers who produce it (or people who eat too much of it):
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57516710-10391704/colorado-man-wayne-watson-wins-$7-million-in-popcorn-lung-lawsuit/ http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57516710-10391704/col...
- noonespecial 13y agoWhoa. There's a truth stranger than fiction for you. It lures you in by smelling like tasty popcorn but its really a diabolical chemical that kills you if you breath it for too long? Seriously? That sounds like something that kills people in red shirts on funky planets with numbers in the name.
- ars 13y agoNote that after some successful lawsuits by both employees and consumers Diacetyl is being phased out.