Standard Microwave Popcorn Causes Health Concerns and Lawsuits!
With the boom of recent health concerns over microwave popcorn, why wouldn't you choose Granny's All Natural Microwave Popcorn? Our bags have no dyes, chemicals or additives and are FDA approved.
There is no diacetyl, no fake butter flavorings, no lung crippling additives that cause popcorn lung and even death as reported on news around the globe. There are no trans fats, no GMA, no gluten, no oil and it is grown in the USA!
We don't put our brand label on them to ensure that nothing seeps into our natural microwave popcorn like other brands. The bags may look plain, but you are ensured that your family is getting the very best. Here are some recent news clips about other brands of microwave popcorn:
September 5, 2007 The New York Times Reports For the full story: "Doctor Links a Man's Illness to a Microwave Popcorn Habit."
September 5, 2007 The Today Show and MSNBC Report For the full story: "TODAY Guest Consumed Two Bags a Day, and it May Have Harmed His Lungs."
September 5, 2007 Web MD Reports For the full story: "Deadly Lung Disease Hits Microwave Popcorn Lover"
September 4, 2007 The Pump Handle Reports For the full story "Popcorn Lung Coming to Your Kitchen?"
May 7, 2007 The Washington Post Reports For the full story: "Flavoring Suspected in Illness, California Considers Banning Chemical Used in Microwave Popcorn."
May 16, 2007 ABC News Reports For the full story: "Could Microwave Popcorn Be Toxic?"
July 30, 2006 The Sacramento Bee reports: "Popcorn lung victims may number in the thousands as the search for victims has just begun."
For the full story:
July 28, 2006 The Kansas City Star reports For the full story: "The EPA is accused of withholding data from a 2003 study which alludes to health risks to workers in popcorn factories.":
July 27, 2006 The Contra Costa Times reports For the full story: "Health experts are seeking regulations for artificial butter in microwave popcorn after studies link a chemical in the vapors to fatal lung disease."
July 27, 2006 The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports For the full story: "Is microwave popcorn lethal?"
May 2 , 2006 The Kansas City Star reports For the full story: "Popcorn victim, Linda Redman dies after being exposed to diacetyl, a chemical used in butter flavoring for microwave popcorn."
CNN - Headline News - Prime News Tonight with Erica Hall May 2, 2006
A scientist at the FDA discovered a memo from 1987 that warned the FDA about the bags used for microwave popcorn.
It stated that fluorooctanoic acid was shown to be in high levels in all microwave popcorn bags.
This acid releases and contaminates both popcorn and butter if it contains butter (if it doesn't the popcorn is still contaminated) and is carcinogenic to animals. The chemical is added to the bags and is not listed on the ingredients of the bag. It is used as a resistant coating on the bag for the grease from the popcorn. It absorbs into the bloodstream and never leaves.
The FDA is now studying this in greater detail.
Here's what Wikipedia had to say:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanoic_acid
"Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), also known as C8, is an artificial acid that has many industrial uses. PFOA can designate the acid itself or its principal salts (like ammonium perfluorooctanoate).
Health concerns
The durability of PFOA prevents it from breaking down once in the environment, leading to widespread buildup and bioaccumulation in food chains. Traces of PFOA-family chemicals can now be found in the blood of nearly all Americans and in the environment worldwide.
Fluorotelomer compounds (such as Zonyl RP by DuPont) are used in food packaging to make them resistant to grease; however, these compounds may form PFOA when ingested. According to a USA Today article, these compounds have been used in "microwave popcorn bags, fast food and candy wrappers, and pizza box liners" [1]. In particular, microwave popcorn bags have the most fluorotelomers of any food wrapper, and the high cooking temperatures increase the migration of these chemicals into the popcorn oil. It is estimated that microwave popcorn may account for more than 20% of the average PFOA levels measured in American residents. Its elimination half-life is reported as being 4 years [2]."
Other Health Concerns About Standard Microwave Popcorn
http://www.environmentalnutrition.com/pub/29_5/update/151350-1.html
"May 2006 Teflon, Popcorn Concern
A chemical used to manufacture numerous consumer products, including nonstick cookware, microwave popcorn bags and fast-food French fry containers, is a likely carcinogen, according to a recent EPA finding."
http://cinematreasures.org/news/11474_0_1_0_C/
Microwave Popcorn Harmful to Your Health?
"posted by SNWEB.ORG on March 12, 2004 at 9:09am
Microwave popcorn may be harmful to your health according to a report that appeared on the Fox News web site on Thursday.
Apparently, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has linked a rare lung disease, which was contracted by popcorn factory workers in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, to vapors from butter flavoring that were released during the production of the popcorn.
While the FDA considers butter flavoring safe for human consumption, particularly in the small quantities present in each bag, the Environmental Protection Agency has begun a study to examine the threat, if any, posed when microwave popcorn is used by consumers."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502041.html
Harmful Teflon Chemical To Be Eliminated by 2015 (But will it be too late for you in another 9 years!)
"By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 26, 2006; Page A01
Eight U.S. companies, including giant DuPont Co., agreed yesterday to virtually eliminate a harmful chemical used to make Teflon from all consumer products coated with the ubiquitous nonstick material.
Although the chemical would still be used to manufacture Teflon and similar products, processes will be developed to ensure that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) would not be released into the environment from finished products or manufacturing plants.
PFOA -- a key processing agent in making nonstick and stain-resistant materials -- has been linked to cancer and birth defects in animals and is in the blood of 95 percent of Americans, including pregnant women. It has also been found in the blood of marine organisms and Arctic polar bears.
The voluntary pact, which was crafted by the Environmental Protection Agency, will force companies to reduce manufacturing emissions of PFOA by 95 percent by no later than 2010. They will also have to reduce trace amounts of the compound in consumer products by 95 percent during the same period and virtually eliminate them by 2015.
The agreement will dramatically reduce the extent to which PFOA shows up in a wide variety of everyday products, including pizza boxes, nonstick pans and microwave-popcorn bags."
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2004/Microwave-Popcorn-Toxic28feb04.htm
"Microwave Popcorn - Study Showed Chemical was Toxic..."
http://www.butterflavoringlunginjury.com
"As reported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ("NIOSH"), from 1992 to 2000, eight former workers of the Gilster-Mary Lee microwave popcorn plant in Jasper, Missouri, developed a lung disease called bronchiolitis obliterans, or chronic scarring of the airways.
The disease is extremely rare in young persons and has been named "popcorn worker's lung" in the popular press.
For the workers at the Missouri popcorn factory, the scarring of their airways was severe enough that several have had to be placed on lung transplant lists. The NIOSH has also reportedly linked exposure to butter flavoring to lung disease in popcorn factory workers in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio.
Health officials are investigating the chemical and other flavorings used in the manufacture of microwave popcorn and many other snack and bakery products across the nation."
The following was taken from http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com
"A study by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on chemical emissions has linked potential health risks from inhaling artificial butter flavors containing diacetyl in microwave popcorn to fatal lung disease. In previous studies the compound diacetyl had been linked with the lung disease in laboratory animals.
Microwave popcorn factory workers have been diagnosed with the fatal lung disease bronchiolitis obliterans. The rare lung disease, which has been recently referred to as "popcorn worker's lung", consists of a serious and irreversible inflammation of the airways that lead to the lungs.
Currently there is no estimate of how many workers may be affected. Thousands have been exposed to diacetyl in the artificial butter flavors and at least one employee has died. The FDA has not tested for diacetyl because they only test for the ingestion safety of artificial flavorings not the inhalation safety."
If you or someone you know has fallen ill and/or died as a result of microwave popcorn, please seek help.
We have found one resource that is handling a lawsuit regarding this issue.
We do not know them nor do we personally recommend them, it's just somewhere to start.
Please check all references before you sign on with any lawyer.
https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/
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